Bill Text: HI SR36 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Conduct An Analysis And Provide Data On The Number Of Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands Beneficiaries Who Have Applied For And Need Housing In Each County, By Income Classification, And Unit Type.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-21 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-21-21. [SR36 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SR36-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS AND PROVIDE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR AND NEED HOUSING IN EACH COUNTY, BY INCOME CLASSIFICATION, AND UNIT TYPE.
WHEREAS, the United States Congress passed the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act in 1921, which was authored by Prince Kuhio Kalanianaole, and which dedicated 203,000 acres of land in Hawaii to benefit native Hawaiians; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act is to restore the cultural link between native Hawaiians and the land and to provide native Hawaiians the stability, financial equity, and economic self-sufficiency that comes from land and home ownership; and
WHEREAS, since the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act was signed into law one hundred years ago, fewer than ten thousand homesteads have been resettled and over twenty-eight thousand beneficiaries remain on the homestead waitlist; and
WHEREAS, for the future of native Hawaiians and their well‑being, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is mandated to fulfill its purpose by providing housing for native Hawaiian beneficiaries; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Hawaii Housing Planning Study was conducted on behalf of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation on the housing needs of Hawaii residents by area median income (income classification), preference for ownership or rental of housing (preferred tenancy), and single- or multi-family unit (unit type) per county; and
WHEREAS, the study was conducted based on the housing need of Hawaii residents, in general, and did not specifically include the housing needs of Hawaiian homes beneficiaries; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is requested to conduct an analysis and provide data on the number of Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries who have applied for and need housing in each county, categorized by income classification and preferred unit type; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the data is requested to also include the number of Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries who are not included in previous representations of data because they could not be contacted or have never applied for a housing lease; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is requested to submit the data requested in this measure on needed housing units by income classification, reported for each county and State of Hawaii, for the period 2021-2025 to the Legislature in a form consistent with Table 33 of the 2019 Hawaii Housing Planning Study, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2022; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Executive Director of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Housing Data Analysis
