STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 363-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: H.B. No. 1762
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1762 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that Hawaii has one of the highest costs of living in the nation and the lack of affordable housing options puts a heavy burden on lower-income households. Your Committee further finds that income restriction requirements for affordable housing developments enables low- and moderate-income individuals to purchase or rent a home. Despite this, some counties have established stricter income restrictions than the State, prohibiting certain residents from either purchasing or renting a home. Your Committee believes that the income restrictions established at the state level should be followed by all counties.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that a county's legislative body is prohibited from approving an affordable housing project with modifications that impose stricter income requirements than the State, rather than requiring any government agency to process any housing projects that meet certain requirements;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1762, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1762, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,
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____________________________ LUKE A. EVSLIN, Chair |
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