Bills

SB 2344: HHFDC; AFFORDABLE RENTAL SUPPLY REVOLVING FUND; AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE REVOLVING FUND; PUBLIC PROPERTY INVENTORY; PUBLIC HOUSING CORPORATIONS; DEVELOPERS; RENTAL HOUSING; AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP; SECOND MORTGAGES; HOMEBUYERS; APPROPRIATIONS

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-01-26: Referred to HOU/WLA, WAM.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to compile, maintain, and publish on its website a public inventory of underutilized public properties suitable for affordable rental housing development.  Requires the HHFDC to provide legal and administrative assistance to requesting county agencies and eligible developers to accelerate the development of affordable rental housing projects.  Establishes eligibility requirements for developers and rental housing projects seeking interim financing from the HHFDC.  Establishes the Affordable Rental Supply Revolving Fund to be administered by the HHFDC to provide interim financing for eligible developers of approved rental housing projects.  Establishes the Affordable Homeownership Program within the HHFDC to provide second mortgages to homebuyers under certain conditions.  Establishes eligibility requirements for a homebuyer seeking a second mortgage from the HHFDC.  Establishes the Affordable Homeownership Assistance Revolving Fund to be administered by the HHFDC.  Appropriates funds.

News Coverage:

SB 2344: HHFDC; Affordable Rental Supply Revolving Fund; Affordable Homeownership Assistance Revolving Fund; Public Property Inventory; Public Housing Corporations; Developers; Rental Housing; Affordable Homeownership; Second Mortgages; Homebuyers; Appropriations | Digital Democracy