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HI HCR151

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/8/2019

Primary Sponsor

Daniel Holt

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to provide alternative housing options for lessees beyond traditional single-family homes requiring mortgages

  • Over 20,000 eligible beneficiaries are on the waiting list for residential homesteads, with many waiting for decades, while only about 200 receive homestead leases annually

  • DHHL currently holds more than $38,000,000 in federal funds designated for homestead housing

  • Recommended alternative housing options include single-family, multi-family, plantation, farm, rental, kupuna (elder), disabled housing, apartments, and rent-to-own programs

  • Encourages DHHL to include community centers, wellness centers, commercial centers, and industrial centers in development plans alongside housing

Legislative Description

Urging The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Build Alternative Housing Options For Lessees.

Urging the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to Build Alternative Housing Options for Lessees

Last Action

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, C. Lee excused (2).

3/28/2019

Committee Referrals

Finance3/28/2019
Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs3/14/2019

Full Bill Text

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