Bill Text: HI SCR120 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Tenant Monitor Program
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-12 - (H) Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 67 [SCR120 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SCR120-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2748
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.C.R. No. 120
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Education and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 120 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT FUNDS BE MADE AVAILABLE AND RELEASED TO ENABLE THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT A TENANT MONITOR PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to request that funds be made available and released to enable the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to implement a Tenant Monitor Program.
Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by one state agency. Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee learned that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority has already submitted a plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement a Tenant Monitor Program as a pilot project in three housing projects. The Authority plans to provide tenants who are designated as resident managers for the Tenant Monitor Program with free rent in lieu of compensation, making the funding requested by this measure unnecessary.
Your Committee supports the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's efforts to implement the Tenant Monitor Program and finds that the Authority's proposed Program is an efficient use of existing resources to improve the security and management of Hawaii's housing projects. Your Committee encourages the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to provide an option of either free rent or partial rental assistance, in lieu of compensation, to a designated resident manager under the proposed Tenant Monitor Program to allow for fair compensation based on a resident manager's duties and to ensure adequate coverage throughout the day in each housing project.
Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure as follows:
(1) By removing language to support a request for funds to be made available and released for the implementation of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's proposed Tenant Monitor Program;
(2) By adding language to describe the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's proposed Tenant Monitor Program and plans to implement the Program;
(3) By adding language to encourage the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to provide an option of either free rent or partial rental assistance, in lieu of compensation, to each designated resident manager;
(4) By adding language to request the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to report to the Legislature on whether or not the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the Authority's proposed Tenant Monitor Program, reasons for disapproval if the Program is not approved, and an update on the status of implementation of the Program if the Program is approved; and
(5) By amending the title to appropriately reflect the purpose of the measure as amended.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 120, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 120, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education and Housing,
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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