Bill Text: HI SB2661 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Housing Elements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2661 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2661-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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2661 |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HOUSING ELEMENTS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that there is a severe shortage of affordable housing in Hawaii, and the shortage places an immense strain on lower-income households. As several government studies have concluded that the State does not have and is not producing enough new housing units to meet normal population growth projections to 2025, it is critical for the counties to also take initiative in increasing the production of housing to meet the anticipated housing demands in their respective counties. This Act requires the counties to be proactive in planning for new housing at all price points to meet anticipated demand.
SECTION 2. Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part VII to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§46- Housing
elements; housing supply plan. (a) Each county shall prepare a housing supply
plan, which shall plan for a projected increase in the housing supply to meet housing
demands of all income levels in the State.
The housing supply plan shall identify and analyze existing and projected
housing needs for all income levels to preserve, improve, and develop housing. The housing supply plan shall identify adequate
sites for housing, including rental housing.
(b) The housing supply plan shall include an
assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints
relevant to the meeting of housing needs, which shall include:
(1) An analysis of
population and employment trends and documentation of projections and a
quantification of the county's existing and projected housing needs for all
income levels;
(2) An analysis and
documentation of household characteristics, including level of pay compared to
ability to pay, housing characteristics, including overcrowding, and housing
stock condition;
(3) An inventory of
land suitable and available for residential development, including vacant sites
and sites having realistic and demonstrated potential for redevelopment;
(4) An analysis of
potential and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance,
improvement, or development of housing, including land use controls, building
codes, fees, and any county ordinance that directly impacts the cost and supply
of housing development, for all income levels and persons with disabilities; provided
that the analysis shall demonstrate the county's effort to remove governmental
constraints;
(5) An analysis of
potential and actual nongovernmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement,
or development of housing for all income levels, including the availability of
financing, the price of land, and the length of time between receiving approval
for a housing development and submittal of an application for building permits;
provided that the analysis shall demonstrate the county's effort to remove
nongovernmental constraints;
(6) An analysis for
special housing needs, including housing for the elderly, persons with
disabilities, large families, and farmworkers;
(7) An analysis of
opportunities for energy conservation with respect to housing development,
including energy efficiency measures that encompass the building envelope, its
heating and cooling systems, and its electrical systems; and
(8) An analysis of
existing assisted housing developments that are eligible to change from
low-income housing uses during the next ten years due to termination of subsidy
contracts, mortgage prepayment, or expiration of restrictions on use; provided that
the analysis also shall:
(A) Include
a listing of each development by project name and address, the type of
governmental assistance received, and the earliest possible date existing
assisted housing developments will change from low-income housing;
(B) Include
an estimated total cost of producing a new rental housing that is comparable in
size and rent levels to replace assisted housing developments changing from
low-income housing uses; and
(C) Identify
public and private nonprofit corporations that have legal and managerial capacity
to acquire and manage the assisted housing developments.
(c) The housing supply plan shall include the maximum
number of housing units by income levels, including low-income, that can be
constructed, rehabilitated, and conserved over a five-year time period for each
county.
(d) The housing supply plan shall identify
actions that will be taken to make sites or land available to develop housing
for all income categories and include how each county plans to acquire, or what
means are necessary to acquire, adequate sites to develop housing for all
income levels.
(e) The housing supply plan shall define the appropriate
housing demand, including a ratio of homes to residents, which shall account for
latent housing demands within the county.
(f) Each county shall
include the housing supply plan in the respective county's general plan.
(g) For purposes of this section:
"Assisted housing
development" means multi-family rental housing that receives governmental assistance.
"Persons with disabilities" has the same meaning as in section 103D-1001."
(1) $500,000 for the county of Hawaii;
(2) $500,000 for the county of Maui;
(3) $500,000 for the county of Kauai; and
(4) $500,000 for the city and county of Honolulu.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by each respective county for the purposes of this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the city and county of Honolulu, for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Counties; Housing Supply Plan; Housing Demand; Appropriation
Description:
Requires each county to prepare a housing supply plan to plan for projected increases in the State's housing supply to meet housing demands of the respective county, identify and analyze existing and projected housing needs for all income levels, define the term "housing demand" including a ratio of homes to residents to account for latent demand, and identify adequate sites for housing, including rental housing. Appropriates funds for the counties to conduct the required studies. (SD1)
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