RELATING TO LAND DEVELOPMENT.
Summary
Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to lease real property for a period not to exceed 99 years for the development of certain projects that include affordable housing. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report to the legislature that identifies all state lands that may be developed for multi-unit dwellings. Authorizes the issuance of $200,000,000 in general obligation bonds, with the proceeds used for the establishment of infrastructure to support the development of housing on lands near the University of Hawaii West Oahu campus. Authorizes the issuance of $75,000,000 in general obligation bonds, with the proceeds used for affordable housing infrastructure in counties with a resident population of 500,000 or less. Authorizes a state or county department or agency to petition the appropriate county land use decision-making authority, rather than the Land Use Commission, for a change in the boundary of a district involving land areas between 15 acres and 25 acres where the majority of the development will be for affordable housing. Authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to delegate the responsibility of historic preservation project reviews to the impacted county. Establishes the Office of the Housing Ombudsman. Removes the existing statutory cap on the amount of conveyance tax revenues that are deposited into the rental housing revolving fund each fiscal year.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2020
Last action Jan 27, 2020
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Jan 27, 2020
House · Referred to committee
Referred to HSG/FIN, referral sheet 5
Jan 23, 2020
House · Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
39 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AL
Aaron Ling Johanson
DDemocratic
P
Angus McKelvey
DDemocratic
P
Bert Kobayashi
DDemocratic
P
CK
Calvin K.Y. Say
DDemocratic
P
Cedric Gates
DDemocratic
P
Chris Lee
DDemocratic
P
Chris Todd
DDemocratic
P
DT
Dale T. Kobayashi
DDemocratic
P
Daniel Holt
DDemocratic
P
David Tarnas
DDemocratic
P
Dee Morikawa
DDemocratic
P
Della Belatti
DDemocratic
P
Gregg Takayama
DDemocratic
P
Henry Aquino
DDemocratic
P
Joy San Buenaventura
DDemocratic
P
Justin Woodson
DDemocratic
P
Kyle Yamashita
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Kitagawa
DDemocratic
P
Lynn DeCoite
DDemocratic
P
Mark Hashem
DDemocratic
P
Mark Nakashima
DDemocratic
P
May Mizuno
DDemocratic
P
Nadine Nakamura
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Lowen
DDemocratic
P
Richard Onishi
DDemocratic
P
RP
Richard P. Creagan
DDemocratic
P
RM
Roy M. Takumi
DDemocratic
P
Ryan I. Yamane
DDemocratic
P
Sam Kong
DDemocratic
P
Scot Matayoshi
DDemocratic
P
Scott Nishimoto
DDemocratic
P
Scott Saiki
DDemocratic
P
Sean Quinlan
DDemocratic
P
SE
Sharon E. Har
DDemocratic
P
Sylvia Luke
DDemocratic
P
TO
Takashi Ohno
DDemocratic
P
TB
Tom Brower
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
P
TJ
Ty J.K. Cullen
DDemocratic
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