STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1040-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2328

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2328, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Appropriate funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to acquire and renovate parcels and buildings located between Bethel Street, Pauahi Street, Fort Street, and Chaplain Lane in Honolulu, Oahu, for affordable housing purposes;

(2) Require units to be affordable to households having an income that does not exceed a certain percentage of the area median income; and

(3) Require contracts awarded under this measure to be subject to the competitive sealed proposal method under the State's Public Procurement Code.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from six individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board.

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 H.B. No. 2328, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair