RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HB1451

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1451

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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(a)
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There is established the affordable housing land inventory task force to
be placed in the Hawaii community development authority for administrative
purposes.

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(b)
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The task force shall consist of the following
members or their designees:

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(1)
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The director of the office of planning
and sustainable development, who shall serve as the chairperson;

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(2)
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The comptroller of the department of
accounting and general services;

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(3)
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The executive director of the Hawaii
housing finance and development corporation;

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(4)
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The executive director of the Hawaii
public housing authority;

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(5)
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The executive director of the Hawaii
community development authority;

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(6)
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The chairperson of the board of land
and natural resources; and

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(7)
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The executive director of the land use
commission.

Task force
members may recommend to the task force additional members having appropriate
special expertise, including representatives from organizations with experience
in development or redevelopment, for approval by the chairperson.

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(c)
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The task force shall:

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(1)
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Update the maps, tier tables, and
inventories of State lands suitable and available for affordable housing
development that are in the affordable rental housing report and ten-year plan
that was generated pursuant to Act 127, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016;

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(2)
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Focus on existing urban lands to
minimize the need for major regional infrastructure improvements;

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(3)
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Examine mixed-use development
opportunities to redevelop underutilized existing state-owned lands having one
government tenant or use;

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(4)
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Identify lands to accommodate one
hundred thousand new housing units, and designate these as important housing
lands; and

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(5)
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Submit a report of its findings and
recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no
later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2026.

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(d)
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The members of the task force shall serve
without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel
expenses, necessary for the performance of their duties.

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(e)
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No member of the task force shall be subject
to chapter 84, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of the member's
participation in the task force.

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(f)
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The Hawaii community development authority
shall provide administrative and clerical support required by the task force.

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(g)
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The task force shall be dissolved on January
1, 2026.

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SECTION
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,000,000 or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 to fund a staff position
and for contractual services incurred by the task force established pursuant to
section 1 of this Act.

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The
sum appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii community development
authority for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION
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This Act shall take effect upon its
approval; provided that section 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED
BY:

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Report Title:

HCDA;
Affordable Housing Development; Task Force; State Lands; Expenditure Ceiling;
Appropriation

Description:

Establishes
the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force within the Hawaii Community
Development Authority to update the Affordable Rental Housing Report and
Ten-Year Plan maps, tier tables, and inventories of state lands suitable and
available for affordable housing development.
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Requires a report to the Legislature.
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Appropriates moneys.

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