Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 534 - STATE HOMELESS HALE KOKUA PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-534-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Adjusted income" means income as defined by 24 C.F.R.
					 §813.102 and set forth in Exhibit A, dated 4/1/92, located at the end of
					 this chapter.
"Annual Income" means income as defined by 24 C.F.R.
					 §813.106 and set forth in Exhibit A, dated 4/1/92, located at the end of
					 this chapter.
"Applicant" means a homeless family or homeless individual
					 who submits an application to participate as a tenant in the program.
"Assets" means the net cash value after deducting
					 reasonable costs that would be incurred in disposing of real property, savings,
					 stocks, bonds, and other forms of capital investment.
"Authority" means the Hawaii housing authority, a public
					 body and body corporate and politic of the State of Hawaii.
"Building" means the same as constructing.
"C.F.R." means the U.S. Code of Federal
					 Regulations.
"Chairperson" means the duly selected chair of the
					 authority or designated representative.
"Constructing" means building a new dwelling unit to be
					 used as a rental unit.
"Coordinator" means the state homeless programs
					 coordinator appointed by the executive director of the authority to develop and
					 implement the program.
"Dwelling unit" means a house, apartment or group of
					 rooms, intended for residential occupancy as separate living quarters with each
					 unit having direct access from either the outside of the building or through a
					 common hall and each unit being equipped with a kitchen and bathroom facilities
					 for the exclusive use of the occupant.
"Executive director" means the executive director of the
					 Hawaii housing authority or the designated representative.
"Fair monthly rent" means the maximum rent which may be
					 charged by an owner for a rental unit.
"Family" means a group of persons regularly living
					 together consisting of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or
					 adoption and including foster children and hanai children with at least one
					 dependent person under eighteen years of age.
"Hanai children" means a person or persons, under eighteen
					 years of age, for whom an applicant or tenant has provided food, nourishment,
					 and support for a minimum period of at least a year prior to the time of
					 application and who is acknowledged as the applicant's or tenant's child among
					 friends, relatives, and the community.
"Homeless" means the following:
(1) An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and
					 adequate nighttime residence; or
(2) An individual or family who has a primary nighttime
					 residence that is:
(A) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter
					 designed to provide temporary living accommodations; or
(B) An institution that provides temporary residence for
					 individuals intended to be institutionalized; or
(C) A public or private place not designed for or
					 ordinarily used as sleeping accommodations for human beings.
"Homeless assistance unit" means the same as rental
					 unit.
"Improving" means the same as renovating.
"Monthly adjusted income" means income as defined by 24
					 C.F.R. §813.102 and set forth in Exhibit A, dated 4/1/92, and located at
					 the end of this chapter.
"Owner" means the owner of a dwelling unit that is in
					 existence or will be constructed or renovated and may include the agent of the
					 owner of a dwelling unit.
"Program" means the state homeless hale kokua program
					 administered by the Hawaii housing authority.
"Provider agency" means an organization, including the
					 board and officers and any employees, contractor, or agents that is:
(1) A profit organization incorporated under the laws of
					 the State or a nonprofit organization determined by the Internal Revenue
					 Service to be exempt from the federal income tax; or
(2) A nonprofit organization, with a governing board whose
					 members have no material conflict of interest and serve without compensation
					 with bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which business is conducted
					 and policies that relate to nepotism and management of potential conflict of
					 interest situations.
"Renovating" means improving an existing structure so that
					 such structure will meet the requirements of a dwelling unit and will be used
					 as a rental unit.
"Rent" means the monthly charge to a tenant for use of a
					 rental unit.
"Rental unit" means a dwelling unit that is available to
					 be rented by a tenant in the program.
"Respondent" means the party against whom a petition is
					 filed, the party against whom relief is sought or, any party who contests or
					 controverts a proceeding.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
"Tenant" means an eligible homeless family or homeless
					 individual who is participating in the program.