STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR17 , 2023
RE: S.C.R. No. 54
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No.
54 entitled:
“SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING
FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PROMOTE SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING IN THE STATE’S LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT
PROGRAM,”
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to urge the Hawaii Housing
Finance and Development Corporation to promote supportive housing
in the State’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Catholic Charities
Hawai’i, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on
this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
Corporation.
Your Committee finds that supportive housing combines
affordable housing with access to services to help the special
needs community live more stable and productive lives. Supportive
housing has been demonstrated to decrease high use of emergency
services and public systems, ultimately generating significant
cost savings to taxpayers.
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Your Committee further finds that the Low-Income Housing Tax
Credit Program is a major financing tool for the construction or
rehabilitation of low-income rental units. The Hawaii Housing
Finance and Development Corporation is the administrator for the
State of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program and developed a
Qualified Allocation Plan that sets forth criteria to evaluate and
allocate the Low—Income Housing Tax Credit to certain projects.
Your Committee believes it is in the best interest of the State to
promote the development of supportive housing under the State’s
Low—Income Housing Tax Credit Program through an amendment to the
Qualified Allocation Plan.
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. 54 and
recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Housing,
TROY N. HIMOTO, Chair
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Record of Votes of the Committee on Housing
Bill/Resolution No.: Committee Referral: Date:
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0 The committee is reconsidering its previous decision on the measure.
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The recommendation is to: 0 Pass, unamended (as is) C Pass, with amendments (HD) C Hold
C Pass short form bill with HD to recommit for future public hearing (recommit)
HSG Members Ayes Ayes (WR) Nays Excused
1. HASHIMOTO, Troy N. (C)
2. AIU, Micah P.K. (VC)
3. EVSLIN, Luke A.
4. KILA, Darius K.
5. KITAGAWA, Lisa
6. MARTEN, Lisa
7. ONISHI, Richard H.K. >C
8. TODD, Chris
9. MATSUMOTO, Lauren
TOTAL (9) (
The recommendation is: ~ Adopted ci Not Adopted
If joint referral, did not support recommendation.
committee acronym(s)
Vice Chair’s or designee’s signature: ‘~/~7 (
Distribution: Original (White) — Committee Duplicate (Yellow) — Chief Clerk’s Office Duplicate (Pink) — HMSO