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HI Rev Stat § 356D-62 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-62 Termination and evictions.

  §356D-62 Termination and evictions. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority may terminate any lease, rental agreement, permit, or license covering the use and occupation of any dwelling unit or other premises located within a state low-income housing project and evict from any premises any tenant, licensee, or other occupant for any of the following reasons:  (1) Failure to pay rent when due;  (2) Violation of any provision of a lease, rental agreement, permit, or license;  (3) Violation of any rule of the authority;  (4) Failure to maintain the dwelling unit in a clean, sanitary, and habitable condition;  (5) Upon a third violation of section 356D-6.5; provided that a violation of paragraph (2) or (3), or this paragraph by a person who is not a tenant, a guest who is visiting a tenant, or any member of the tenant's household shall be deemed a violation by the tenant; or  (6) The existence of any other circumstances giving rise to an immediate right to possession by the authority.  (b) When any lease, rental agreement, permit, or license is subject to termination pursuant to subsection (a), the authority, either directly or through its managing agent, shall provide the tenant with a written notice that shall inform the tenant of any violation, failure, or circumstances giving rise to an immediate right to possession by the authority and, if the tenant has been delinquent in payment of rent, the amount of that delinquency. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-63 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-63 Hearings.

  §356D-63 Hearings. (a) When the authority proposes to terminate a lease, rental agreement, permit, or license and evict a tenant under section 356D-62, a hearing shall be held to determine whether cause exists for the action. The authority shall give written notice to the tenant specifying the reason for the eviction and the date, time, and place of the hearing. The written notice shall further inform the tenant of the right to inspect and copy the tenant's file at the tenant's expense before the hearing is held. The written notice shall be given at least five days before the date of the hearing. At the hearing, before final action is taken, the tenant shall be entitled to be heard in person or through counsel, and granted a full and fair hearing in accordance with the requirements of a contested case hearing under sections 91-9 and 91-10 to 91-13. This full and fair hearing shall be deemed to be a contested case hearing before the authority pursuant to chapter 91.  (b) Hearings shall be conducted by an eviction board appointed by the authority. The eviction board shall consist of no fewer than two persons, and no more than three persons, of which one member shall be a tenant. If feasible, the eviction board may conduct hearings using video conferencing technology; provided that these hearings shall be conducted pursuant to chapter 91. The findings, conclusions, decision, and order of the eviction board shall be final unless an appeal is taken pursuant to section 91-14.  (c) The eviction board shall have the same powers with respect to administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and examining witnesses, as those of the circuit courts. In case of a violation by any person of any order of the eviction board, or of any subpoena issued by the eviction board, or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may lawfully be questioned, a circuit court judge, upon application by the eviction board, may compel compliance with the order or subpoena, or compel testimony. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-64 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-64 Eviction.

  §356D-64 Eviction. (a) If the eviction board finds cause to terminate a lease, rental agreement, permit, or license and evict the tenant, the authority shall provide the tenant with a written notice of the authority's decision to terminate the tenancy. The written notice shall inform the tenant that a writ of possession may be issued by the authority within ten business days. The written notice shall also inform the tenant whether the grounds for eviction are curable and, if so, specify the methods to remedy the grounds, timeframe for completion, and documentation required to prove to the authority that the grounds have been remedied.  (b) When the grounds for termination of the tenancy may be cured by the tenant, the tenant shall have ten business days from receipt of the written notice under subsection (a) to cure the grounds. If the grounds are cured within the ten-day period, no writ of possession shall be issued. If the grounds are not cured within the ten-day period, the authority may issue a writ of possession.  (c) The authority may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to define curable and noncurable grounds for eviction. The authority may consider a tenant's history in determining noncurable grounds for eviction. A tenant's history may include chronic or consistent delinquency, or repeated violations of the terms of the lease, rental agreement, permit, or license.  (d) Enforcement of the order by a writ of possession shall be effected either by a process server appointed by the authority, who shall have all of the powers of a police officer for all actions in connection with the enforcement of the order, or by a sheriff or any other law enforcement officer of the State or any county, whose duty it shall be to carry out the order. The person enforcing the order shall remove all persons from the premises and put the authority in full possession thereof.  (e) Upon eviction, the household goods and personal effects of the tenant against whom the order is entered, and those of any persons using the premises incident to the tenant's holding, may be removed from the premises and stored by the authority. If the action is taken, the authority shall have a lien on the property taken for the expenses incurred by the authority in moving and storing the property, and the authority is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of the property if unclaimed after thirty days. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-65 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-65 Ex parte motion.

  §356D-65 Ex parte motion. If a tenant cannot be served with an order of eviction or writ of possession, and the authority receives an affidavit or declaration stating this fact, service on the tenant may be made in accordance with a special order of the authority. The order shall require the process server to affix a certified copy of the order of eviction or writ of possession in a conspicuous place upon the premises, such as the door or wall of the dwelling unit. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-67 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-67 Appeals.

  §356D-67 Appeals.  An aggrieved party may secure a review of any final judgement of the circuit court under this subpart by appeal to the appellate courts, subject to chapter 602. The appeal shall be taken in the manner provided in the rules of court. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-68 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-68 Rules.

  §356D-68 Rules. The authority may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this subpart. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-70 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-70 Renumbered as §356D-60.

 §356D-70 Renumbered as §356D-60.
HI Rev Stat § 356D-71 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-71 Resident selection; dwelling units; rentals.

 §356D-71 Resident selection; dwelling units; rentals. In the administration of elder or elderly housing, the authority shall observe the following with regard to resident selection, dwelling units, and rentals:  (1) Except as provided in this section, the authority shall accept elder or elderly households as residents in the housing projects;  (2) It may accept as residents in any dwelling unit one or more persons, related or unrelated by blood or marriage. It may also accept as a resident in any dwelling unit or in any housing project, in the case of illness or other disability of an elder who is a resident in the dwelling unit or in the project, a person designated by the elder as the elder's live-in aide whose qualifications as a live-in aide are verified by the authority, although the person is not an elder; provided that the person shall cease to be a resident therein upon the recovery of, or removal from the project of, the elder;  (3) It may rent or lease to an elder a dwelling unit consisting of any number of rooms as the authority deems necessary or advisable to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed resident or residents without overcrowding; and  (4) Notwithstanding that the elder has no written rental agreement or that the agreement has expired, during hospitalization of the elder due to illness or other disability so long as the elder continues to tender the usual rent to the authority or proceeds to tender receipts for rent lawfully withheld, no action or proceeding to recover possession of the dwelling unit may be maintained against the elder, nor shall the authority otherwise cause the elder to quit the dwelling unit involuntarily, demand an increase in rent from the elder, or decrease the services to which the elder has been entitled. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2017, c 114, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-72 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-72 Housing for elders revolving fund.

 §356D-72 Housing for elders revolving fund. There is created a housing for elders revolving fund to be administered by the authority. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, moneys received or collected by the authority pursuant to this subpart shall be deposited into the revolving fund. Revenues from the fund may be used to pay the expenses of management, operation, and maintenance of housing projects for elders, including but not limited to the cost of insurance, a proportionate share of the administrative expenses of the authority, and the costs of repairs, equipment, and improvements. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-80 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-80 Additional powers.

 §356D-80 Additional powers. The powers conferred upon the authority by this subpart shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing in this subpart shall be construed as limiting any powers, rights, privileges, or immunities so conferred. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-91 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-91 Definitions.

 §356D-91 Definitions. As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires:  "Party" means each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party in any court or agency proceeding.  "Public housing project" or "complex" means a low-income federally assisted housing project as established by the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and controlled, owned, developed, or managed by the authority pursuant to the federal low-rent public housing program.  "Tenant" means any person occupying a dwelling accommodation or living quarters in any public housing project, under or by virtue of any tenancy, lease, or rental agreement under or from the authority. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 249, §36]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-92 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-92 Termination and eviction.

 §356D-92 Termination and eviction. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the authority may terminate any lease, rental agreement, permit, or license covering the use and occupation of any dwelling unit or other premises located within a public housing project and evict from any premises any tenant, licensee, or other occupant for any of the following reasons:  (1) Failure to pay rent when due;  (2) Violation of any of the provisions of a lease, rental agreement, permit, or license;  (3) Violation of any of the rules of the authority;  (4) Failure to maintain the dwelling unit in a clean, sanitary, and habitable condition;  (5) Upon a third violation of section 356D-6.5; provided that a violation of any of these terms by a nonresident, a guest who is visiting a resident, or by any member of the resident's household shall be deemed a violation by the resident;  (6) Conviction of a felony committed during the term of the tenancy for an act that:  (A) Occurs on the authority's premises or affects the authority's property, including its administrative offices, its employees, or its employees' property or vehicles; or  (B) Is related to the authority's funds; or  (7) The existence of any other circumstances giving rise to an immediate right to possession by the authority.  (b) When any tenant has been delinquent in payment of rent, the authority, either directly or through its managing agent, shall provide the tenant with a written notice in accordance with requirements imposed under federal law and regulation (24 C.F.R. part 966) that shall inform the tenant of the delinquency. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 193, §4 and c 249, §37; am L 2012, c 160, §1; am L 2014, c 91, §2; am L 2019, c 206, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-93 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-93 Hearings.

 §356D-93 Hearings. (a) Where the authority proposes to terminate a lease or rental agreement and evict a tenant under section 356D-92, a hearing shall be held to determine whether cause exists for the action. The authority shall give written notice to the person concerned specifying the reason for which the eviction is proposed and fixing the date and place of hearing. The written notice shall further inform the tenant of the right to inspect and copy the tenant file at the tenant's expense before the hearing is held. The notice shall be given at least five days before the date set for the hearing. At the hearing, before final action is taken, the person concerned shall be entitled to be heard in person or through counsel, and shall be accorded a full and fair hearing in accordance with the requirements of a contested case hearing provided for under sections 91-9 and 91-10 to 91-13. This full and fair hearing shall be deemed to be a contested case hearing before the authority that is required pursuant to chapter 91.  (b) Hearings shall be conducted by an eviction board appointed by the authority. The eviction board shall consist of not fewer than one person, and no more than three persons, of which one member shall be a tenant. If feasible, the eviction board may conduct hearings using video conferencing technology; provided that these hearings shall be conducted pursuant to chapter 91. The findings, conclusions, decision, and order of the eviction board shall be final unless an appeal is taken as hereinafter provided.  (c) The eviction board shall have the same powers respecting administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and examining witnesses, as are possessed by circuit courts. In case of disobedience by any person of any order of the eviction board, or of any subpoena issued by the eviction board, or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may lawfully be questioned, any circuit judge, on application by the eviction board, shall compel obedience as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued by a circuit court, or a refusal to testify therein. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2012, c 160, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-94 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-94 Eviction.

 §356D-94 Eviction. (a) If it is proven to the satisfaction of the eviction board that there is cause to terminate a lease or rental agreement and evict the tenant, the authority shall provide the tenant with a written notice of the authority's decision to terminate the tenancy. The notice shall inform the tenant that a writ of possession may be issued by the authority within ten business days. The notice shall also inform the tenant whether the grounds for eviction are considered curable and, if so, what the tenant must do to remedy the grounds, by when it must be done, and what the tenant must do to document for the authority that the grounds have been remedied.  (b) When the grounds for termination of the tenancy may be cured by the tenant, the tenant shall have ten business days from receipt of the notice provided for in subsection (a) to cure the grounds. If the grounds are cured within the ten-day period, no writ of possession may be issued. If the grounds are not cured within the ten-day period, the authority may issue a writ of possession forthwith.  (c) The authority may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to define curable and noncurable grounds for eviction. The authority may consider a tenant's history in determining noncurable grounds for eviction. A tenant's history may include chronic or consistent delinquency, or repeated violations of the terms of the rental agreement.  (d) Enforcement of the order by a writ of possession shall be effected either by an officer appointed by the authority, who shall have all of the powers of a police officer for all action in connection with the enforcement of the order, or by a sheriff or any other law enforcement officer of the State or any county, whose duty it shall be to carry out the order. The person enforcing the order shall remove all persons from the premises and put the authority in full possession thereof.  (e) Upon eviction, the household goods and personal effects of the person against whom the order is entered, and those of any persons using the premises incident to the person's holding, may be removed from the premises and stored by the authority. If the action is taken, the authority shall have a lien on the property so taken for the expenses incurred by it in moving and storing the same, and the authority is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of the property if unclaimed after thirty days. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-95 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-95 Ex parte motion.

 §356D-95 Ex parte motion. If a tenant cannot be served with an order of eviction or writ of possession, and the facts shall appear by affidavit to the authority, service to the tenant may be made according to the special order of the authority. The order shall require the officer to affix a certified copy of the order of eviction or writ of possession in a conspicuous place upon the premises such as the door or wall of the dwelling unit. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-97 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-97 Appeals.

 §356D-97 Appeals. An aggrieved party may secure a review of any final judgment of the circuit court under this part by appeal to the appellate courts, subject to chapter 602. The appeal shall be taken in the manner provided in the rules of court. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 193, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-98 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-98 Rules.

 §356D-98 Rules. The authority may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this part. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-101 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-101 Gifts, etc., to counties from authority.

 §356D-101 Gifts, etc., to counties from authority. The authority may make and pay gifts or donations of money directly to any county. Any county may receive the gifts or donations as a general fund realization, and expend the funds for any purpose authorized by law. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-102 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-102 Facilities and services by counties to authority and tenants.

 §356D-102 Facilities and services by counties to authority and tenants. Each county within which the authority may own, operate, or administer any public housing project or complex and to which, or for whose benefit, the authority or its predecessors in interest has made (by payment to the county) or may hereafter make, gifts or donations including any payment in lieu of taxes, upon request of the authority, shall provide and furnish to the authority in regard to every public housing project or complex, and to the tenants and other occupants of the housing project, free of charge and without condition or other requirement, all the facilities, services, and privileges as it provides or furnishes, with or without charge or other consideration, to any person or persons. The facilities and services may include police protection, fire protection, street lighting, paving maintenance, traffic control, garbage or trash collection and disposal, use of streets or highways, use of county incinerators or garbage dumps, storm drainage, and sewage disposal. In addition, each county, upon request of the authority and free of charge and without condition or other requirement, shall open or close, but not construct or reconstruct, streets, roads, highways, alleys, or other facilities within any public housing project or complex within the county. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict or limit the power of the authority to agree to pay, or to pay, for any and all of the facilities, services, and privileges, if in its discretion it deems the payment advisable. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-103 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-103 Construction of additional powers.

 §356D-103 Construction of additional powers. Sections 356D-101 and 356D-102 shall not be construed as abrogating, limiting, or modifying parts II, III, or IV, including amendments thereto. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-104 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-104 Charges for prior services by counties to authority.

 §356D-104 Charges for prior services by counties to authority. Every county (including departments, boards, or instrumentalities thereof) which has, prior to May 14, 1949, provided or furnished any facilities, services, or privileges, including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, garbage and trash collection and disposal, use of streets or highways, and use of county incinerators or garbage dumps, to the authority or its predecessors in interest in regard to any public housing project or complex owned, operated, or administered by the authority under any law or laws, or to the tenants or occupants of the public housing project or complex, for which facilities, services, or privileges the authority, or the tenants or occupants have not paid, is prohibited from charging, collecting, or receiving any privileges, except such sum or sums as the authority, in its discretion, may hereafter agree to pay for the same. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]