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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-185-5 - Participation by owners and others

Current through June, 2024
The corporation shall invite eligible owners, including
					 owners of suitable units located outside of poverty or racially concentrated
					 areas, to make dwelling units available for leasing by eligible families and to
					 expand opportunities for disabled Persons.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-185-6 - Income limits

Current through June, 2024
(a) Income limits
				  for a family's participation in the program shall be the same income limits
				  established by HUD for its section 8 tenant-based housing choice voucher
				  program, which are incorporated by reference and attached as exhibit
				  D.
(b) Applicable income limits as
				  provided in subsection (a) shall be published once per year in a publication
				  with wide circulation, be posted at all times in a conspicuous place at the
				  corporation's offices that accept applications, and printed in the
				  corporation's informational materials on eligibility for the
				  programs.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-185-7 - Assets

Current through June, 2024
All assets held by each member of an eligible family shall
					 be used to determine annual income.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-185-8 - Subsidy and occupancy standards

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  shall establish subsidy standards that shall provide for a minimum commitment
				  of subsidy while avoiding overcrowding. The subsidy standards are incorporated
				  by reference and attached as exhibit E.
(b) The standards determine the number of
				  bedrooms to be entered on the voucher and not a family's actual living
				  arrangement.
(c) The corporation's
				  occupancy standards follow the occupancy codes of the County in which the unit
				  is located. The occupancy standards are incorporated by reference and attached
				  as exhibit F.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-185-9 - Allowance for utilities and other services

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  shall maintain a utility allowance schedule for utilities and other services
				  that shall be coordinated with the allowance schedules of the respective
				  counties. The utility allowance schedules are incorporated by reference and
				  attached as exhibit G.
(b) On
				  request from a family that includes a person with disabilities, the corporation
				  shall approve a utility allowance which is higher than the applicable amount in
				  the utility allowance schedule if a higher utility allowance is needed as a
				  reasonable accommodation in accordance with 24 C.F.R. part 8 to make the
				  program accessible to and usable by the family member with a
				  disability.
(c) A participant shall
				  receive a utility reimbursement when the utility allowance, exceeds the total
				  tenant payment.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-185-10 - Verification of information

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  shall require an applicant or participant to provide documentation verifying
				  information provided by the family relating to the program.
(b) An applicant or participant who fails to
				  provide documentation to verify information requested by staff shall be
				  ineligible for participation in the program.
(c) Verification documents shall be valid for
				  the following lengths of time:
(1) For
				  applicants, sixty days before the voucher is issued to the applicant.
(2) For participants, one hundred twenty days
				  from the date received by the corporation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-21 - Applications

Current through June, 2024
(a) A family seeking to participate in the
				  program shall submit a completed pre-application form prepared by the
				  corporation. The applicant is permitted to file an application in person or by
				  mail and at any of the corporation's applications offices for any and all
				  waiting list areas prescribed in section 15-185-26.
(b) The initial pre-application review shall
				  not require an interview. Only applicants who are determined eligible in the
				  initial review shall be placed on the waiting list. A final eligibility review
				  shall be conducted when the applicant reaches the top of the waiting
				  list.
(c) An applicant who has
				  misrepresented material information may not be eligible to file an application
				  with the corporation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-23 - Income targeting

Current through June, 2024
At least seventy five per cent of families admitted to the
					 program during the fiscal year from the waiting list shall be extremely low
					 income families.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-24 - Notification of eligibility

Current through June, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  shall be mailed a written notification after an eligibility determination is
				  made. The notification shall specifically state the reasons for the
				  determination.
(b) An eligible
				  applicant shall be placed on the waiting list.
(c) An applicant determined to be ineligible
				  for admission or participation in the program shall be accorded an opportunity
				  to request for an informal review as set forth in section 15-185-71.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-25 - Local preferences

Current through June, 2024
(a) Eligible
				  applicants shall be given preference for certification in the program in the
				  order of the dates of their applications if, at the time they are seeking
				  housing assistance, they fall within the following preference categories:
(1) The following preferences shall be given
				  first priority but have equal weight within this group:
(A) Involuntarily displaced;
(B) Victims of domestic violence;
				  or
(C) Homeless.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-26 - Waiting list

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation shall maintain separate
				  waiting lists for each of the islands of Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai and Lanai,
				  and for the west Hawaii-north Kohala district to south Kona district and the
				  east Hawaii-Kau district to the Hamakua district, which is community wide in
				  scope.
(b) Applicants shall be
				  notified of the opportunity to apply for and be placed on any and all waiting
				  lists through notices posted in a conspicuous place at the corporation's
				  offices that accept applications, and in a printed statement in the
				  corporation's information material on its application process.
(c) Placement of applicants on the waiting
				  list shall be based upon the following:
(1)
				  Applicable local preference; and
(2) Date and time of application's
				  receipt.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-27 - Removal from the waiting list

Current through June, 2024
An applicant shall be removed from the waiting list for any
					 one of the following reasons:
(1) The
				  applicant requests that applicant's name be removed;
(2) The applicant fails to notify the
				  corporation of applicant's continued interest for housing at least once every
				  twelve months;
(3) The applicant no
				  longer meets the eligibility criteria set forth in section 15-185-22;
(4) The applicant fails to respond to the
				  corporation's reasonable contact efforts. Two written notices to the last known
				  address shall constitute reasonable effort to contact;
(5) The applicant fails without good cause to
				  keep a scheduled interview or to provide. requested information necessary to
				  determine eligibility;
(6) The
				  applicant refuses a voucher for housing assistance; or
(7) The applicant misrepresents any material
				  information to the corporation on the application or otherwise.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-28 - Closing and reopening the waiting list

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  may suspend the acceptance of applications and close the waiting list, in whole
				  or in part, when it is determined that there are enough applicants on the
				  waiting list to fill anticipated openings for the next twenty-four
				  months.
(b) The corporation may
				  publicly announce any closure and reopening of the application taking process
				  pursuant to section 15-185-4. If the list is opened for only a limited time,
				  the opening announcement shall include the closing date and not require further
				  notice. Publicly announce may include, but is not limited to, publishing
				  notices in a newspaper of general circulation and minority newspapers or
				  notifying social service organizations.
(c) During periods when the waiting list is
				  closed, the corporation is not required to maintain a list of persons to when
				  application taking is reopened.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-29 - Final application process - selection and certification

Current through June, 2024
(a) Selection for certification shall be from
				  the established waiting list and shall be based on the following:
(1) Applicable local preferences;
				  and
(2) Date and time of receipt of
				  application.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-165-30 - Exception for designated programs

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  may admit families not on the established waiting list that are targeted for
				  specific funding awards from HUD, including, but not limited to:
(1) A family displaced because of
				  modernization, demolition or disposition of a public or Indian housing
				  project;
(2) A family residing in a
				  multifamily rental housing project when HUD sells, forecloses or demolishes the
				  project;
(3) Housing covered by the
				  Low Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of
				  1990;
(4) A family residing in a
				  project covered by a section 8 project-based housing assistance payment
				  contract at or near the end of the housing assistance payment contract term;
				  or
(5) A non-purchasing family
				  residing in a HOPE 1 or HOPE 2 project; or
(6) A family that resides or will reside in a
				  unit covered by a project-based section 8 housing assistance payment
				  contract.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-31 - Annual income

Current through June, 2024
The corporation shall determine each applicant's and
					 participant's annual income pursuant to 24 C.F.R. 55.609, which is reference
					 and attached as exhibit B.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-32 - Reexaminations

Current through June, 2024
(a) At least once every twelve months, the
				  corporation may reexamine a family's income, composition and any other matter
				  necessary to determine the participant's rent and eligibility for continued
				  housing assistance.
(b) If at the
				  time of admission or reexamination, a family's income cannot be reasonably
				  anticipated for the next twelve-month period, the corporation may schedule a
				  special reexamination at any time prior to the next annual reexamination when
				  deemed necessary.
(c) The
				  participant and owner shall be notified in writing by the corporation of the
				  results of any reexamination within a reasonable time.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-33 - Interim rent adjustment

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  may adjust a participant's rent between reexaminations if a participant reports
				  a change in income.
(b) Adjustments
				  reflecting a lower rent shall be made effective on the first day of the month
				  following the month the report was made. A participant who has obtained a
				  decrease in rent under this section, shall report all income increases which
				  occur prior to the next reexamination and rent may be readjusted
				  accordingly.
(c) A rent adjustment
				  shall be made between reexaminations when a participant's income increases as a
				  result of the inclusion of additional persons with income to the family, and
				  such adjustment shall be made effective on the first day of the second month
				  following the inclusion.
(d) The
				  participant and owner shall be notified in writing by the corporation of the
				  results of any reexamination within a reasonable time.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 15-185-34 - Continued assistance

Current through June, 2024
(a) When one family
				  splits into two eligible families, both families wish to continue assistance,
				  and there is no court order, the corporation shall decide to continue
				  assistance to one family instead of the other if that family:
(1) Retains the children or includes any
				  disabled or elderly members. Children subject to a joint custody agreement but
				  live with one parent for a cumulative period of at least one hundred eighty
				  three days of the year shall be considered a member of that
				  household;
(2) Includes the family
				  member that applied as head of household;
(3) Includes the responsible party for
				  domestic violence which caused the split of the family;
(4) Is subject to other factors specified by
				  the corporation;
(5) Is recommended
				  by social service agencies or qualified professionals to retain
				  assistance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - LEASE › Section 15-185-41 - Request for lease approval

Current through June, 2024
Upon finding a dwelling unit that an owner is willing to
					 lease, the family shall submit a request to have the lease approved by the
					 corporation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - LEASE › Section 15-185-42 - Dwelling unit inspection

Current through June, 2024
(a) Prior to
				  approving a lease, the corporation shall inspect the dwelling unit within a
				  reasonable time after receipt of the owner's inspection request.
(b) Dwelling units approved for lease in the
				  program shall meet minimum housing quality standards.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - LEASE › Section 15-185-43 - Lease requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  shall review the lease, particularly noting compliance with HUD regulations and
				  state and local law. The participant also must have legal capacity to enter a
				  lease under state and local law.
(b) The family arid owner must submit a
				  standard form lease used in the locality and that is generally used for other
				  unassisted tenants in the premises by the owner. The terms and conditions of
				  the lease must be consistent with state and local law. The lease must specify
				  what utilities and appliances are to be supplied by the owner, and what
				  utilities and appliances are to be supplied by the family. The HUD prescribed
				  tenancy addendum must be included in the lease word-for-word before the lease
				  is executed. The HUD tenancy addendum is incorporated by reference and attached
				  as exhibit J.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - LEASE › Section 15-185-44 - Lease approval

Current through June, 2024
(a) If the
				  corporation determines that a dwelling unit is suitable for the program and the
				  lease meets the requirements of the program, the owner and family shall be
				  notified, and a contract executed.
(b) The initial lease shall be for at least
				  one year.
(c) If the corporation
				  determines that a lease cannot be approved for any reason, the owner and family
				  shall be notified in writing.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND RENT › Section 15-185-51 - Housing assistance payments

Current through June, 2024
The corporations hall make housing assistance - payments to
					 the owner on behalf of an eligible family.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND RENT › Section 15-185-52 - Contract rents

Current through June, 2024
(a) The contract rent for a dwelling unit in
				  the program shall be determined on a case-by-case basis. The approved rent
				  shall be reasonable in comparison to rent for other comparable unassisted units
				  in the housing market.
(b) Contract
				  rents may be adjusted at each annual anniversary date of the HAP contract at
				  the request of the owner.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND RENT › Section 15-185-53 - Total tenant payment

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  shall compute the total tenant payment.
(b) There shall be an established minimum
				  rent of $25.00 per month. Exception to the application of the minimum monthly
				  rental amount shall apply if the family is unable to pay because of financial
				  hardship which is determined pursuant to 24 C.F.R. 85.630 (2000) and includes
				  the following situations:
(1) The family has
				  lost eligibility or is awaiting an eligibility determination for federal,
				  state, or local assistance;
(2) The
				  family would be evicted as a result of the imposition of the minimum rent
				  requirement;
(3) The income of the
				  family has decreased because of changed circumstances, including:
(A) Loss of employment;
(B) An income producing family member dies;
				  and
(C) Other circumstances beyond
				  the family's control as determined by the corporation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND RENT › Section 15-185-54 - Rent

Current through June, 2024
(a) Certificate rents shall not exceed the
				  fair market rent as determined by the corporation which may or may not be
				  guided by the fair market rent published annually by HUD except to provide
				  reasonable accommodation for a family that includes a person with disabilities.
				  On request from the family that includes a person with disabilities, the
				  corporation shall approve an exception rent of up to one hundred twenty per
				  cent of the fair market rent if the exception rent is needed as a reasonable
				  accommodation so that the program is readily accessible to and usable by
				  persons with disabilities in accordance with 24 C.F.R. Part 8 (2000).
(b) Voucher rents are based on the payment
				  standard as set by the corporation.
(c) The fair market rent, which includes
				  utilities and is established for dwelling units of various bedroom sizes, is
				  incorporated by reference and attached as exhibit K.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND RENT › Section 15-185-55 - Payment standard

Current through June, 2024
(a) The maximum
				  monthly subsidy payment for a family before deducting the family contribution
				  is set by the corporation between ninety per cent and one hundred ten per cent
				  of the HUD determined fair market rent. The corporation may establish a payment
				  standard amount that is higher or lower than the basic range subject to HUD
				  approval.
(b) The corporation may
				  approve a higher payment standard within the basic range to reasonably
				  accommodate a family that includes a person with disabilities.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND RENT › Section 15-185-56 - Security deposits

Current through June, 2024
(a) The participant
				  shall be responsible for the payment of a security and utility
				  deposit.
(b) The corporation shall
				  not be responsible for the payment of security and utility deposits.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND RENT › Section 15-185-57 - Ownership change

Current through June, 2024
(a) A change in
				  ownership of a dwelling unit under a HAP contract does not require execution of
				  a new contract or lease. The corporation may approve the assignment of the HAP
				  contract at the previous owner's request.
(b) The owner who is selling the dwelling
				  unit shall provide written notice to the corporation at least thirty days prior
				  to the sale closing.
(c) The new
				  owner shall provide documents to verify the sale and other information
				  requested by the corporation.
(d)
				  Housing assistance payments to the owner who is selling the dwelling unit shall
				  be suspended effective the first of the month following the receipt of the
				  notification of the sale of the dwelling unit and when the assignment of the
				  HAP contract to the new owner is approved by the corporation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 5 - OPERATIONS › Section 15-185-61 - Inspections

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation shall annually inspect
				  each dwelling unit leased to a participant of the program.
(b) The corporation may conduct special
				  inspections upon notification by the participant or owner that the unit does
				  not meet housing quality standards or based on information from third parties
				  such as neighbors or public officials.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 5 - OPERATIONS › Section 15-185-62 - Overcrowded or under occupied units

Current through June, 2024
A participant shall be issued a new voucher if the
					 corporation determines that the dwelling unit does not meet the corporation's
					 subsidy standards for occupancy.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 5 - OPERATIONS › Section 15-185-63 - Portability

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation may require applicants
				  who were nonresidents at the time of application to live in its jurisdiction
				  during the first twelve-month period.
(b) The corporation shall not absorb a family
				  under portability assistance into its program unless funds are available and
				  there is no applicant with a preference on the applicable waiting
				  list.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 5 - OPERATIONS › Section 15-185-64 - Transfers

Current through June, 2024
(a) A family may terminate its lease with the
				  landlord at any time after the first twelve months as provided by the rental
				  agreement with the landlord and shall provide a copy of the notice to the
				  corporation.
(b) The corporation
				  shall deny permission to move if:
(1) There
				  are insufficient program funds for continued assistance;
(2) The participant has violated a family
				  obligation listed on the certificate of family participation or
				  voucher;
(3) The participant owes
				  the corporation money; or
(4) The
				  participant has moved or has been issued a voucher within the last twelve
				  months.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 5 - OPERATIONS › Section 15-185-65 - Eviction - termination of tenancy by owner

Current through June, 2024
(a) If the owner
				  wishes to terminate the lease, the owner is required to provide proper notice
				  as provided in the lease and the Hawaii Residential Landlord-Tenant
				  Code.
(b) During the term of the
				  lease the owner may only evict for:
(1)
				  Serious or repeated violations of the lease, including but not limited to
				  failure to pay rent or other amounts due under the lease, or repeated violation
				  of the terms and conditions of the lease;
(2) Violations of federal, state or local law
				  that imposes obligations on the tenant in connection with the occupancy or use
				  of the premises;
(3) Criminal
				  activity by the tenant, any member of, the household, a guest or another person
				  under the tenant's control that threatens the health, safety or right to
				  peaceful enjoyment of the premises by the other residents, or persons residing
				  in the immediate vicinity of the premises or any drug-related criminal activity
				  on or near the premises;
(4)
				  Failure to comply with all obligations, restrictions, rules and the like which
				  are in accordance with section
				  521-52,
				  Hawaii Revised Statutes, and which the landlord can demonstrate are reasonably
				  necessary for the preservation of the property or protection of the persons of
				  the landlord, other tenants, or any other person; or
(5) Other good cause.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 5 - OPERATIONS › Section 15-185-66 - Termination of participation

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  shall terminate a family's participation in the program when:
(1) The family has been evicted from housing
				  assistance under the program for serious violation of the lease;
(2) Any member of the family fails to sign
				  and submit consent forms for obtaining information in accordance with the
				  program; or
(3) The family does not
				  submit required evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration
				  status.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 6 - INFORMAL REVIEWS › Section 15-185-71 - Informal review process for applicants

Current through June, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  who has been denied assistance by the corporation shall have an opportunity for
				  an informal review pursuant to 24 C.F.R. 5982.554 (2000).
(b) The applicant shall provide the
				  corporation with a request for an informal review within fifteen days from the
				  date of the corporation's notification of denial of assistance.
(c) The informal review shall be scheduled
				  within fifteen days from the date the written request is received by the
				  corporation and shall be conducted by any person or persons designated by the
				  corporation, but shall not be a person who made or approved the decision under
				  review or a subordinate of this person.
(d) The applicant shall be given the
				  opportunity to present oral or written objections to the corporation's denial
				  of assistance. Both the corporation and the applicant may present evidence and
				  witnesses. The applicant may be assisted by an attorney or other representative
				  at his or her own expense.
(e) The
				  informal review may be conducted by mail or telephone if acceptable to both
				  parties.
(f) A written notice of
				  the review of findings shall be provided to the applicant within thirty days
				  after the review. The notice shall include the decision of the hearing officer
				  and an explanation of the reasons for decision.
(g) An applicant who is denied assistance for
				  citizen or immigrant status shall have an opportunity for an informal hearing
				  pursuant to
				  24 C.F.R.
				  5.514 (2000).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 6 - INFORMAL REVIEWS › Section 15-185-72 - Informal hearing process for participants

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				  corporation shall give a participant an opportunity for an informal hearing to
				  consider whether the following corporation decisions relating to the individual
				  circumstances of a participant family are in accordance with the law, HUD
				  regulations and corporation rules pursuant to:
(1) A determination of the family's annual or
				  adjusted income and the use of such income to compute the housing assistance
				  payment;
(2) A determination of the
				  appropriate utility allowance (if any) for tenant-paid utilities from the
				  corporation's utility allowance schedule;
(3) A determination of the family unit size
				  under the corporation's subsidy standards;
(4) A determination that a certificate
				  program family is residing in a unit with a larger number of bedrooms than
				  appropriate for the family unit size under the corporation's subsidy standards,
				  or the corporation's determination to deny the family's request for an
				  exception from the standards;
(5) A
				  determination to terminate assistance for a participant family because of the
				  family's action or failure to act;
(6) A determination to terminate assistance
				  because the participant family has been absent from the assisted unit for
				  longer than the maximum period permitted; or
(7) A determination to terminate a family's
				  family self-sufficiency contract, withhold supportive services, or propose
				  forfeiture of the family's escrow account.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 7 - FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 15-185-81 - Family self-sufficiency program

Current through June, 2024
The objective of the corporation's family self sufficiency
					 ("FSS") program is to reduce the dependency of low-income families on welfare
					 assistance and to reduce Section 8, public housing, or any federal, state, and
					 local rent or homeownership subsidies. Under the family self-sufficiency
					 program, low-income families are provided opportunities for education, job
					 training, counseling, and other forms of social service assistance, while
					 living in assisted housing, so that they may obtain the education, employment,
					 and business and social skills necessary
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 7 - FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 15-185-82 - Eligibility

Current through June, 2024
(a) Participants in the corporation's Section
				  8 tenant-based and federal public housing programs are eligible to participate
				  in the family self-sufficiency program.
(b) Preference shall be given to applicants
				  who already receive family self-sufficiency-related support services for fifty
				  percent or less of the allocations.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 7 - FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 15-185-83 - Recruitment and outreach

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  shall conduct outreach programs to recruit family self-sufficiency
				  participants.
(b) Outreach efforts
				  may include the following:
(1) Sending
				  informational brochures to each family participating in the corporation's
				  Section 8 and federal public housing programs;
(2) Conducting orientation sessions for
				  families who express an-interest in participating in the family
				  self-sufficiency program; and
(3)
				  Identifying and targeting potential families in the corporation's
				  caseloads.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 7 - FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 15-185-84 - Selection

Current through June, 2024
(a) Families shall be selected without regard
				  to race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national
				  origin.
(b) Families may be
				  selected by date of receipt of application..
(c) In the event there are more applicants
				  than family self-sufficiency allocations, the corporation shall conduct a
				  lottery to determine placement on the waiting list.
(d) Initially, up to one hundred thirty-six
				  section 8 participants shall be selected to participate in the family
				  self-sufficiency program.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 7 - FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 15-185-85 - Termination or withholding services

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				  corporations hall monitor and assess the family self-sufficiency participant's
				  progress and compliance with the goals set forth in the contract of
				  participation. When the corporation determines that the family self-sufficiency
				  participant is not making progress or complying with the goals set forth in the
				  contract of participation, the corporation shall notify the family
				  self-sufficiency participant of such determination and provide the family
				  self-sufficiency participant six months to demonstrate compliance with the plan
				  of the contract of participation.
(b) If no progress has been made or the
				  family self-sufficiency participant is still not complying with the contract of
				  participation after the six-month period, the corporation shall provide the
				  family self sufficiency participant with a written notice of intent to
				  terminate or withhold services and of the opportunity to request an informal
				  hearing.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 8 - SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM › Section 15-165-91 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a procedure
					 for the selection of units to which the corporation may attach section 8
					 voucher assistance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 8 - SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM › Section 15-185-92 - Eligible projects

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  may attach section 8 voucher assistance to units in newly constructed and
				  existing structures of various types including single-family housing and
				  multifamily structures.
(b) The
				  corporation may not attach section 8 voucher assistance to units in the
				  following types of housing:
(1) Owner
				  occupied units; however, cooperatives are considered to be rental housing for
				  purposes of this subchapter:
(2)
				  Mobile or manufactured homes;
(3)
				  Shared housing, nursing homes, and facilities providing continual psychiatric,
				  medical, nursing services, board and care or intermediate care;
(4) Except for existing units, housing for
				  which the construction or rehabilitation has ' started prior to execution of an
				  agreement with the corporation;
(5)
				  Units within the grounds of penal, reformatory, medical, mental, and similar
				  public or private institutions;
(6)
				  Housing located in an area that has been identified by the Federal Emergency
				  Management Agency as having special flood hazards, unless the community in
				  which the area is situated is participating in the National Flood Insurance
				  Program;
(7) Housing located in the
				  coastal barrier resources system designated under the Coastal Barrier Resources
				  Act;
(8) College or other school
				  dormitories;
(9) Units subsidized
				  under other federal housing programs including:
(i) Public housing;
(ii) A unit subsidized by any other form of
				  section 8 assistance;
(iii) A unit
				  subsidized with any local or state rent subsidy;
(iv) A section 236 project or a unit
				  subsidized with section 236 rental assistance payments;
(v) A Rural Development Administration
				  section 515 project;
(vi) A unit
				  subsidized with rental assistance payments under section 521 of the Housing Act
				  of 1949 (a Rural Development Administration Program);
(vii) Housing assisted under former section
				  23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (before amendment by the Housing
				  and Community Development Act of 1974);
(viii) A section 221 (d)(3)
				  project;
(ix) A project with a
				  section 202 loan;
(x) A section 202
				  project for non-elderly persons with disabilities;
(xi) Section 202 supportive housing for the
				  elderly;
(xii) Section 811
				  supportive housing for persons with disabilities;
(xiii) A section 101 rent supplement
				  project;
(xiv) A unit subsidized
				  with tenant-based assistance under the HOME program, or any unit with any other
				  duplicative federal, state, or local housing subsidy, as determined by the
				  United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 8 - SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM › Section 15-185-92 - Notification of project-based assistance

Current through June, 2024
(a) The corporation
				  shall publish requests for applications to participate in the section 8
				  project-based voucher program in a newspaper of general circulation once a week
				  for three consecutive weeks. The advertisement shall state the number of
				  vouchers available for project-based assistance; whether applications will be
				  accepted for rehabilitation, new construction, or existing units; state the
				  selection criteria; and specify an application deadline of at least thirty days
				  after the date the advertisement is last published.
(b) The corporation may select units to which
				  assistance is to be attached, without advertising under paragraph (a) of this
				  section and without applying the selection factors otherwise required under
				  section 15-185-95, if attachment of project based assistance would further the
				  purposes of the sale of a public housing project to a resident management
				  corporation under section 21 of the United States Housing Act of
				  1937.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 8 - SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM › Section 15-185-95 - Review and screening of applications

Current through June, 2024
(a) Applications
				  shall be time and date stamped and assigned a number.
(b) Applications shall be screened for
				  completeness (i.e. submission of information required under sections 15-185-92
				  and 94). Applications that do not meet the application submission deadline or
				  information requirements shall be rejected by the executive director.
(c) The corporation shall review each
				  application and any additional information submitted by the applicant or
				  obtained from other sources in its review of each application. Additional
				  information or data may be requested and the corporation may independently
				  verify any or all information supplied by the applicant.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 8 - SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM › Section 15-185-96 - Selection of project applications

Current through June, 2024
(a) Based upon the
				  review of the applications, documents, and any additional information submitted
				  by the applicants or obtained from other sources by the corporation, the
				  executive director shall prepare a recommendation to the board to attach
				  section 8 voucher assistance to specific projects.
(b) The board shall review the recommendation
				  of the executive director and, if the board determines that the project-basing
				  of section 8 voucher assistance for a specific project is consistent with the
				  public housing agency plan and the goals of deconcentrating poverty and
				  expanding housing and economic opportunities, it may approve the application
				  and authorize the executive director to allocate an appropriate amount of
				  section 8 voucher funding, subject to such terms and conditions as it deems
				  necessary or appropriate to assure compliance with 24 C.F.R. part 983 and these
				  rules.
(c) Upon the board's
				  approval to allocate section 8 voucher funding to an applicant, the executive
				  director shall notify the applicant of the allocation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 185 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 8 - SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM › Section 15-185-97 - Agreement to enter into housing assistance contract

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				  corporation shall enter into an agreement with the selected project owner prior
				  to the start of any new construction or rehabilitation.
(b) After the agreement has been executed,
				  the owner shall promptly proceed with the construction or rehabilitation work
				  as provided for in the agreement. If the work is not promptly commenced,
				  diligently continued, or completed, the corporation may terminate the agreement
				  or take other appropriate action.