Bill Text: HI HB900 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 900 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Honolulu Urban Caucus; Affordable Housing; RHTF

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-26 - (H) Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 2 [HB900 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-HB900-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	900
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to housing.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 201H‑201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

""Moderate rehabilitation" means rehabilitation to upgrade a dwelling unit to a decent, safe, and sanitary condition, or to repair or replace major building systems or components in danger of failure."

SECTION 2. Section 201H-202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d) The fund shall be used to provide loans or grants for the development, pre-development, construction, acquisition, preservation, and [~~substantial~~] moderate rehabilitation of rental housing units. Permitted uses of the fund may include but are not limited to planning, design, land acquisition, costs of options, agreements of sale, downpayments, equity financing, capacity building of nonprofit housing developers, or other housing development services or activities as provided in rules adopted by the corporation pursuant to chapter 91. The rules may provide for a means of recapturing loans or grants made from the fund if a rental housing project financed under the fund is refinanced or sold at a later date. The rules may also provide that moneys from the fund shall be leveraged with other financial resources to the extent possible."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Honolulu Urban Caucus; Affordable Housing; RHTF

Description:

Amends the allowable uses of rental housing trust fund moneys to include the moderate rehabilitation of rental housing units. Adds a definition of "moderate rehabilitation" to certain sections of law that apply to the rental housing trust fund.

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