S.C.R. No. 212 Summary

• Requests the State Auditor to audit cash-in-lieu payments authorized by the Hawaii Community Development Authority under HRS Section 206E-4(18), which allows developers to pay cash instead of providing reserved housing units.

• Audit period covers 2010 to present and must include: total cash collected, fund destinations, expenditure records, amount funding reserved housing construction, and number of reserved housing units delivered using these revenues.

• Addresses concern that no law specifies how cash-in-lieu revenues must be spent and no reports on these payments have been submitted to the Legislature, despite statutory purpose of increasing low- and moderate-income housing supply.

• Requires the Auditor to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2021 Regular Session convenes.

• Directs certified copies be sent to the Auditor and Chairperson of the Hawaii Community Development Authority.