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HI HR157
Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Gene Ward
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AI Summary
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Urges the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to adopt a "housing first" agenda and use all assets, funds, and personnel to aggressively build homes in all forms including condos, multi-family, and single-family homes.
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Notes that the 1921 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act dedicated 203,000 acres to benefit Native Hawaiians, but only about 9,700 homesteads have been resettled while nearly 27,000 beneficiaries remain on the waitlist.
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Calls on the Department to review its Federal grant drawdown procedures and priorities to ensure responsible and effective spending of grant money toward providing housing for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries.
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Requires certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Director of the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations at the U.S. Department of Interior, the Governor, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Chairperson, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Legislative Description
Urging The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Commit To Providing Housing First For Native Hawaiian Beneficiaries.
Department of Hawaiian Homelands
Last Action
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1).
3/28/2018