STAND. COM. REP. NO.  10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 536

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 536 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to disqualify from state low-income housing any applicant or tenant if the applicant, tenant, or a household member owns or acquires a home within the State.

 

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority testified in support of this measure.  An individual provided comments on this measure.

 

     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. 536 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

____________________________ RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair