H.C.R. 57 Summary

• Requests the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to create a master plan for redeveloping Kukui Gardens and Mayor Wright Homes in Palama, Honolulu.

• Proposes utilizing state-owned land including half of Kukui Gardens, all of Mayor Wright Homes, and a strip of land on Liliha Street for mixed-use development with commercial, market-rate residential, and low- to moderate-income housing units.

• Cites that Kukui Gardens contains 857 affordable units housing approximately 2,500 residents, and Mayor Wright Homes contains 363 units with ongoing maintenance problems.

• Notes that the public housing waiting list contains approximately 7,000 people and that a planned rail transit stop on Dillingham Boulevard makes the location suitable for higher-density development in an A-2 zoned district.

• Requires submission of findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2011 Regular Session convenes.