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House committee advances bill to study agricultural workforce housing, adds mayors to working group
Summary
The House Housing Committee moved SB2405 SD1 HD1 forward March 25 with amendments to add county mayors to a proposed agricultural workforce housing working group and to require the group to survey farm operators about labor demand. The measure won committee approval after supporters and agencies urged clearer statutory direction.
The House Housing Committee on Wednesday advanced SB2405 SD1 HD1, a bill creating a working group to study agricultural workforce housing and related policy changes, saying the panel would add county mayors to the group and task it early with surveying farm operators to measure realistic demand.
The measure, discussed in Conference Room 430, drew written support from a broad set of stakeholders including the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, HHFDC, the Agribusiness Development Corporation, County of Hawaii Department of Research & Development, Housing Hawaii's Future,…
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