HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

Rep. Luke A. Evslin, Chair

Rep. Micah P.K. Aiu, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Darius K. Kila

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi

Rep. Lisa Kitagawa

Rep. Chris Todd

Rep. Tyson K. Miyake

Rep. Lauren Matsumoto

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

TIME:

10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 312

State Capitol

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A G E N D A

 

HB 2214

Status

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Provides a new source of interim financing for affordable housing projects using housing programs under chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Sunsets 7/1/2029.  Effective 1/1/2025.

 

HSG, WAL, FIN

HB 2548

Status

RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

Establishes the accessory dwelling unit loan program under HHFDC to provide loans for the development of accessory dwelling units.

 

HSG, ECD, FIN

HB 2218

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.

Increases the loan limit for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to 75% of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed in Hawaii by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration, instead of 50%, as currently outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended.  Takes effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification that congressional approval of this Act is unnecessary, or on the date of consent by the United States Congress.

 

HSG, JHA, FIN

HB 2571

Status

RELATING TO ACCESSIBLE HOUSING.

Establishes the multifamily housing accessibility modifications grant program to facilitate the installation of accessibility modifications in certain properties.  Appropriates moneys.  Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.

 

HSG, HUS, FIN

HB 1631

Status

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires the school facilities authority to work with the Department of Education to prioritize projects for the construction of educator workforce housing that will house teachers and other staff of the Department.  Requires the School Facilities Authority to include in its annual report to the Governor, Board of Education, and Legislature the actions the Authority will take within the next year, three years, and five years toward increasing educator workforce housing.  Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Maui County, Kauai County, and other appropriate state departments and agencies to submit a preliminary report to the Legislature on the status of lands designated to be transferred to the Department of Education pursuant to Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022.

 

HSG, EDN, FIN

HB 1838

Status

RELATING TO ZONING.

Allows counties to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time.

 

HSG, JHA

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Luke A. Evslin

Chair