STAND. COM. REP. NO.  21-24

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2024

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2548

      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. 2548 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Accessory Dwelling Unit Loan Program to provide loans and technical assistance grants for the development of accessory dwelling units.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; one member of the Maui County Council; AARP Hawaii; Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement; Hawaii YIMBY; and two individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committee finds that accessory dwelling units play a significant part in addressing the housing shortage in the State and help homeowners better utilize their residential lots by allowing them to develop more housing on land they already own.  However, your Committee notes that traditional financing for accessory dwelling units is often difficult for homeowners to secure.  Your Committee believes that it is important for the State to support various opportunities and avenues that increase the housing inventory in the State, such as the development of accessory dwelling units.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  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. 2548, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2548, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Economic Development.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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LUKE A. EVSLIN, Chair