STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1974-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2677

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2677, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Temporarily expand the State Rent Supplement Program to specifically target qualified kupuna who are sixty-two years of age or older and are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless;

(2) Require the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to submit annual reports on the State Rent Supplement Program for kupuna to the Legislature; and

(3) Appropriate funds.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, AARP Hawai‘i, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Partners in Care, and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of Budget and Finance, and Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2677, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair