HB 2746 Summary

• Amends Act 127 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2016) to clarify the duties and expand the membership of the Special Action Team on Affordable Rental Housing

• Adds three new voting members to the team: the director of human services, the governor's coordinator on homelessness, and a nonprofit provider representative for supportive services for extremely low-income households

• Changes the team leadership structure from a single chair to two co-chairs: the director of the office of planning and the executive director of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation

• Broadens the team's policy recommendations to specifically address extremely low-income, very low-income, low-income, and moderate-income families, with emphasis on extremely low-income populations

• Appropriates general revenues (amount unspecified) for fiscal year 2018-2019 for administration and operation of the special action team, to be expended by the office of planning