Bill Text: HI HB1020 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hawaii Community Development Authority; Affordable Housing; Reserved Housing; Workforce Housing; Affordable Workforce Housing
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-29 - Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 5 [HB1020 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB1020-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the hawaii community development authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to bring the Hawaii community development authority's affordable housing policies into conformity with the policies of other government agencies and to generate additional affordable rental housing.
SECTION 2. Chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§206E- Reserved housing rentals; workforce housing rentals; affordability. (a) The rental of a reserved housing unit shall be allowed only to a renter qualifying for reserved housing.
(b) The rental of a workforce housing unit shall be allowed only to a renter qualifying for workforce housing.
(c) The authority may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to ensure consistency between this section and the intent and procedures of section 201H-47.
(d) The authority shall adopt rules to establish rates allowed to be charged for the rental of reserved housing units and workforce housing units at amounts affordable to low- or moderate-income households. The allowable rental rate established for a reserved housing unit or workforce housing unit shall be fixed for a minimum of thirty years.
(e) Rules adopted by the authority relating to the rental of reserved housing units shall require that at least 50 per cent of the rental reserved housing units within a development be set aside for low-income households as defined in section 206E-101."
SECTION 3. Section 206E-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a)
The authority shall establish community development rules under chapter 91 on
health, safety, building, planning, zoning, and land use which, upon final
adoption of a community development plan, shall supersede all other
inconsistent ordinances and rules relating to the use, zoning, planning, and
development of land and construction thereon[.]; provided that the
community development rules shall require reserved housing and workforce
housing as defined in section 206E-101 and conform to the restrictions set
forth in sections 201H-47 and 206E- . Rules adopted under this
section shall follow existing law, rules, ordinances, and regulations as
closely as is consistent with standards meeting minimum requirements of good
design, pleasant amenities, health, safety, and coordinated development. The
authority may, in the community development plan or by a community development
rule, provide that lands within a community development district shall not be
developed beyond existing uses or that improvements thereon shall not be
demolished or substantially reconstructed, or provide other restrictions on the
use of the lands."
SECTION 4. Section 206E-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding three new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Low income" means household income no greater than 80 per cent of the area median income for Honolulu.
"Moderate income" means household income no greater than 120 per cent of the area median income for Honolulu, except that in the case of rental units, "moderate income" means household income no greater than 100 per cent of the area median income for Honolulu.
"Workforce housing" means housing designated for residents in the low- or moderate-income ranges in project developments in which 75 per cent of the residential units in each separated project building are set aside for low- or median-income households."
SECTION 5. Section 206E-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "reserved housing" to read as follows:
""Reserved housing" means housing designated for residents
in the low- or moderate-income ranges [who meet such eligibility
requirements as the authority may adopt by rule.] in project
developments in which 20 per cent of residential units in each separate project
building are set aside for low- or moderate-income households."
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Hawaii Community Development Authority; Affordable Housing; Reserved Housing; Workforce Housing; Affordable Workforce Housing
Description:
Requires HCDA to establish rules to require reserved and workforce housing in developments. Amends definition of reserved housing and creates definition of workforce housing. Provides for establishing rules for the rental of reserved and workforce housing.
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