STAND. COM. REP. NO. 35^1
Honolulu, Hawaii
MAR 2 6 2024
RE: S.R. No. 49
S. D. 1
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.R. No. 49
entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO BUILD ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMES OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Hawaii
Housing Finance and Development Corporation to develop a plan to
build one hundred thousand homes over the next ten years.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the
Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
Your Committee finds that included within the Hawaii Housing
Finance and Development Corporation's mission is not only the
provision of financing for housing, but also the development of
housing. Your Committee further finds that the Hawaii Housing
Finance and Development Corporation should be at the forefront of
proactively working to alleviate the State's housing shortage.
Therefore, this measure urges the Hawaii Housing Finance and
Development Corporation to develop a plan to increase the State's
housing supply over the next ten years.
Your Committee notes the concerns raised in testimony that
certain systemic barriers, including but not limited to
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insufficient infrastructure, restrictive land use and zoning
policies, lengthy and complex regulatory processes, community
opposition, and high construction and financing costs, can
considerably impede the development of housing in Hawaii and
should be addressed in advance of the preparation of any
reasonably implementable plan to accelerate housing production in
the State. Your Committee further notes that the Governor
recently applied for $9,900,000 in Pathways to Removing Obstacles
to Housing (PRO Housing) grant funds from the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development to address several of
these factors. Accordingly, your Committee believes that the PRO
Housing grant application can assist in funding the plan proposed
by this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting language
that requests the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
Corporation's plan to include methods to address certain factors
that can impede the development of housing.
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.R. No. 49, as
amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached
hereto as S.R. No. 49, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Housing,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Housing
HOU
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
SR H5 HOU 3/11/2^
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:________________________________________________
The Recommendation is: y
__ Pass, unamended ^^Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
CHANG, Stanley (C)
HASHIMOTO, Troy N. (VC)
AQUINO, Henry J.C.
KANUHA, Dru Mamo
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL
Recommendation:
l_j*^dopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution; Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23