RELATING TO HOUSING.
Summary
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to consider additional preferential factors when supplying housing or assistance in obtaining housing. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to determine the order of preferences and rank applicants, select applicants based on application date, and validate the preference status of applicants. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2025
Last action Feb 12, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill modifies housing preference criteria for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) by reorganizing and clarifying how applicants are ranked for affordable housing. The changes remove specific preference factors like returning resident graduates and displacement by government actions, while adding a new requirement to consider proximity between housing and employment. The effective date was changed from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a placeholder or error.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on HHFDC housing programs, but the specific preference factors for ranking applicants have been significantly altered and reorganized.
ELIGIBILITY
Removed preference criteria for applicants displaced by governmental actions, returning residents who graduated within two years, and the ability to set aside a specific percentage of units for state/county employees.
Added proximity between housing location and applicant's place of employment as a preference factor.
TIMELINE
Changed the effective date from immediate approval upon passage to July 1, 3000, which is likely a drafting error requiring correction.
TECHNICAL
Reorganized statutory language from narrative paragraphs to numbered list format for clarity, though this does not change substantive policy.
Floor votes · House Feb 12, 2025
How they voted
47–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Feb 12, 2025
D
Democratic41
97% Yea
R
Republican10
70% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 491) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 12, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (47-1-3)
house
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kila.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nadine Nakamura
DDemocratic
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