Bill Text: HI SB2315 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Housing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-10 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2315 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2315-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HOUSING.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 201H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) In establishing and maintaining the housing
advocacy and information system, the corporation shall conduct market studies,
engage in community outreach, and solicit recommendations from, and statistics
and research developed by, agencies of the United States, the State, the
counties, private research organizations, nonprofit community groups, trade
associations, including those of the construction and real estate industries,
departments, individuals at the University of Hawaii, and housing consumers. The information gathered shall include for each
year:
(1) The number of housing units
that have been completed;
(2) The number of affordable housing units that have been
completed;
(3) The number of housing development applications
received by state or county governments, the corresponding number of housing units
in each of those applications, and whether each application was approved or denied;
(4) A listing of parcels rezoned to accommodate new housing
units;
(5) The number of net new housing units, including both
rental housing and for-sale housing; and
(6) The number of new housing units constructed under any government
incentive and the legal authority for the incentive."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $320,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to:
(1) Contract with a consultant to develop an information system and populate it with historical data; and
(2) Hire one full-time (1.0 FTE) associate researcher to manage the contract and future data-gathering.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2022.
Report Title:
Counties; Housing; Production Data; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to gather certain data as part of its housing advocacy and information system. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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