Title
COMPREHENSIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN: RIGHT TO SHELTER (AH-14(1))
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. Correspondence dated August 27, 2021, from Committee Chair Gabe Johnson, to the Department of the Corporation Counsel, transmitting a proposed bill to establish a fundamental right to shelter for Maui County residents.
2. Correspondence dated January 20, 2022, to the Department of the Corporation Counsel, transmitting a proposed bill entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, MAUI COUNTY CODE, TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN PUBLIC PLACES AND A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO SHELTER.” The purpose of the proposed bill is to establish procedures for the removal and storage of property located in public places and to establish a fundamental right to shelter for Maui County residents.
Status
The Committee may receive a presentation from a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union on the right to shelter and may discuss the matter. The Committee may consider whether to request the County’s Commission on Healing Solutions for Homelessness review and comment on the proposed bill. The Committee may also recommend passage of the proposed bill in paragraph 2 above on first reading, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of correspondence and other related action.