STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1356-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 93

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 93, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY DWELLINGS IN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO ALLEVIATE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to work toward improving the availability of viable housing options by requesting that the City and County of Honolulu (C&C) review the feasibility of developing single room occupancy dwellings in transit oriented development projects to alleviate the affordable housing shortage.

 

     The C&C Department of Planning and Permitting opposed this concurrent resolution.

 

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by requesting that the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) review the feasibility of developing single room occupancy dwellings in transit oriented development projects to alleviate the affordable housing shortage, and accordingly:

 

(1)  Changed the title to read, "REQUESTING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO REVIEW THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY DWELLINGS IN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO ALLEVIATE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE"; and

 

(2)  Provided that a certified copy of the concurrent resolution will be sent to the Executive Director of HHFDC and Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 93, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 93, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair		____________________________ RIDA CABANILLA, Chair