Bill Text: HI HB883 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 883 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To Housing Assistance.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-28 - Referred to HSG/HSH, FIN, referral sheet 6 [HB883 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HB883-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	883
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to Housing assistance.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the state rent supplement program has proven to be effective in securing and maintaining housing for working individuals, senior or disabled individuals, and families who are homeless. The state rent supplement program provides a relatively shallow, but sustained, rental subsidy to enable vulnerable households or those at imminent risk of homelessness to close the rental affordability gap, maintain housing, and achieve self-sufficiency.

The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to support the state rent supplement program.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the state rent supplement program.

The sums appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii public housing authority for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Housing Assistance; State Rent Supplement Program; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds to provide additional rent supplement subsidies to eligible individuals and families.

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