Housing commission's powers, duties, and functions

The commission has the following powers, duties, and functions: A. Make recommendations to the council and the administration on issues relating to housing and homelessness, including housing design, construction, and rehabilitation; land acquisitions; and resource management and sustainability. B. Make recommendations to the council and the administration in evaluating new and existing programs; in the planning, expansion, maintenance, conservation, and rehabilitation of housing; and in ensuring long-term affordability and permanency of housing. C. Make recommendations to the council and the administration to support a diverse residential environment and historical, cultural, and traditional living initiatives and solutions, such as kauhale. D. Receive community priorities for restructuring and improving systems that have historically perpetuated homelessness and poverty in Maui County. E. Provide policy recommendations to the council and the administration on community priorities for holistic mental health, social, environmental, cultural, and economic impacts that affect or are directly related to housing and homelessness. ( Ord. No. 5117 , § 1, 2020)