STAND. COM. REP. NO. 669

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 904

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 904, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOMELESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Human Services to identify properties statewide that are appropriately zoned and have necessary infrastructure in place for the development of affordable rental housing under the housing first program.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Betty Lou Larson, Legislative Liaison, Catholic Charities Hawaii; and Kent Anderson, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.  Your Committee received written comments on this measure from Patricia McManaman, Interim Director, Department of Human Services.

 

     Your Committee finds that housing first programs have been very successful in many areas on the mainland in assisting homeless persons transition to permanent housing.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the issue.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 904, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 904, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair