HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0657.013 2018-2020 CWH-07
From: taylor quanan
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Support of Resolution 431-20
Date: Monday,January 06,2020 6:31:12 AM
,l.o the Flawaai`i (...aunty ."ounci_l liinance C,onanittee:
I air) v�,,,riting in support of Resolutlo..n 43 1-20 because I ani disgusted by,!he current,housirio
market. Retuning home born university, I realized I could not live where I w"'Is born and
raised.. he available housin was dif ic:ti:lt. to afford. I left array beloved Kalaoaa.G()r Ho.n nn.atfl
because it's where iny,. fannily and I could afford. I. am fiortnilaate enough to have, a thre-:: irrconnc
laic-l: la.clps t:rc aaacncfattsly ith my l.1 -inCost.
1 fwvever, so many of us in our cornmunity are not as fo rtunate. I write this letter on the belaaaff
of those who are combating the struggle. to live i n I lawai'i_ I_.ike .my father who ti� =�°1.� tees
Jobs-ray stele mother jtigf;les two children under five= run.nino a cleanino� business,
11 - .till-lirne eiriployed aunty who lines in her car, to my high school c.lassinateswho still h\IC
=tcarie because of tl-te linnited l��_�a:�sin� npl':aitn�aaties; aa�c� le(: t� a�c�t l��r�et the ��a� }1 ��1
remain hotiseless in their hornelaaaad.
Affordable Housing not solve all of'thc shared struggles. but it's a daataln good �Iacc tc
start. I Strongly urge you to support Resolution 4'1-20, and begin to create policy which.walks
the talk,
Sincerely.t elf, I aylor Qua nan
Comm. No. '
Ref. To: PITO I TO
Ref. Date JAN 7 2020