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HI SCR2
Concurrent Resolution
Status
6/30/2020
Primary Sponsor
Ronald Kouchi
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AI Summary
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Urges the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Congress to provide additional federal funds for Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
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Calls on the federal government to identify and secure other forms of direct assistance to address affordable housing needs of the Native Hawaiian population
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Notes that Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant funding has declined from $12,700,000 in 2010 to $2,000,000 in 2017-2019, with no appropriations in 2016
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Urges the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to provide technical assistance and training to individual Hawaiian homesteads on processes for expending and utilizing Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants
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Directs transmission of the resolution to the President, HUD Secretary, Interior Secretary, Congressional leadership, and Hawaii's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Strongly Urging The United States Department Of Housing And Urban Development And The United States Congress To Provide Additional Federal Funds For Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants Under The Native American Housing Assistance And Self-determination Act And Identify And Secure Other Forms Of Direct Assistance To Address The Affordable Housing Needs Of The Native Hawaiian Population And Urging The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Assist And Train Individual Hawaiian Homesteads On The Technical Aspects And Processes Involved In Expending And Utilizing Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants.
County of Maui Package
Last Action
Referred to FIN, referral sheet 52
7/1/2020