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Senate committees adopt tenant-rights language for redevelopment projects after extended testimony from Kalihi tenants and advocates
Summary
After hours of public testimony from tenants and community groups about displacement during public-housing redevelopment, Senate committees advanced HB 1325, HD3, adopting amendments to require relocation assistance and a right of first refusal for tenants displaced by HHFDC-funded projects.
The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and the Housing Committee heard extended testimony on House Bill 1325, House Draft 3, a bill that would require developers of affordable housing projects using Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) financing and similar programs to provide displaced tenants with relocation assistance and a right of first refusal to return to a comparable unit in the replacement project, and to establish procedures and enforcement for developer noncompliance.
Community organizations — including the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, Kokua Kalihi Valley (KKV), Hawaii Workers Center, and tenant speakers from Kuhio Park Terrace (KPT) — provided detailed…
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