STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3524

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 226

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 226 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY OF MAUI, TO PROVIDE A CLEAR STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM HOUSING NEEDS FOR RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY THE AUGUST 2023 MAUI WILDFIRES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Governor, in collaboration with the County of Maui, to provide a clear strategy for addressing the short- and long-term housing needs for residents displaced by the August 2023 Maui wildfires.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of the Governor and Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Your Committee finds that the August 2023 Maui wildfires displaced an estimated one thousand six hundred renters from their homes. Your Committee further finds that there are significant differing housing needs for displaced residents and meeting the need for additional affordable rental housing is critical to ensure that residents have access to housing when federal aid subsides. Therefore, this measure requests a clear strategy to be provided, detailing how the Governor and the County of Maui plan to meet the housing needs of the residents of Maui.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 226 and recommends its adoption.

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

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair