S.B. 804 Summary

• Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to provide rental housing for teachers employed by the Department of Education and public charter schools.

• Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to plan, develop, and finance rental housing projects for teachers in cooperation with state and county agencies.

• Requires the Department of Education to lease land and contract with private entities for the development, management, maintenance, or revitalization of teacher housing.

• Permits private entities leasing land from the DOE for teacher housing to rent available units to other eligible tenants if occupancy by teachers falls below 95 percent of total units.

• Appropriates unspecified sums from general revenues to HPHA for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, and from the dwelling unit revolving fund to HHFDC for the same period for teacher housing development.