Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Hawaii Public Housing Authority › Chapter 2033 - RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-2033-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Applicant" means an individual or family who submits an
					 application to participate in the program but is not yet a participant in the
					 program.
"Assets" means total cash, securities, real and personal
					 property less any outstanding liabilities secured by the assets. Assets do not
					 include necessary personal property such as clothing, household furniture and
					 automobiles.
"Authority" means the Hawaii public housing
					 authority.
"Criminal activity" means any act or conduct which
					 constitutes a criminal offense under any Federal or State law, rule or
					 regulation, or county or municipal ordinance, committed by a tenant, a member
					 of the tenant's household, a guest of the tenant or any person who is on the
					 premises with the express or implied consent of the tenant, regardless if the
					 person engaging in the act or conduct has been arrested or convicted for the
					 applicable criminal offense.
"Displaced" means a family or elderly individual who is
					 without housing, about to be without housing or was without housing within
					 three years prior to applying for housing assistance and was displaced by some
					 public or governmental action.
"Drug" means a controlled substance as defined in section
					 102 of the Controlled Substance Act (21 U.S.C. §
											802) as it
					 existed on December 18, 2014.
"Drug-related criminal activity" means the illegal
					 possession, manufacture, sale, distribution, use or possession with intent to
					 manufacture, sell, distribute, or use, of a controlled substance as defined in
					 Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §
											802).
"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 with each unit being equipped with complete kitchen and bathroom
					 facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants. Dwelling units that present
					 a serious health or safety hazard shall not be acceptable for use by
					 participants of the program.
"Elderly" means a family whose head, spouse, or sole member
					 or spouse has attained the age of sixty-two.
"Family" means:
(1) One or more persons who live or intend to
				  occupy a dwelling unit and whose income and resources are available to meet the
				  family's need and who may, but need not be, related by blood, marriage, or
				  operation of law, including foster children and hanai children and whose head
				  of household has reached the age of majority, or is otherwise legally
				  emancipated;
(2) A person who is
				  pregnant or in the process of securing legal custody of a minor child or
				  children, and who has reached the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated.
"Foster children" means a person or persons, under eighteen
					 years e£ age, who may not be related to the foster parent by blood,
					 marriage, or adoption an who is in need of parenting care.
"Foster parent" means any adult person who gives parenting
					 care and maintenance to a foster child pursuant to placement by an authorized
					 agency.
"Gender identity or expression" includes a person's actual
					 or perceived gender, as well as a person's gender identity, gender-related
					 expression, regardless of whether that gender identity, gender related
					 self-image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression is
					 different from that traditionally associated with the person's sex at
"Hanai children" means a person or persons, under eighteen
					 years of age, for whom a tenant provides food, nourishment and support for a
					 minimum period of at least a year and who is acknowledged as the tenant's child
					 among friends, relatives, and the community.,
"Household" includes "family", elderly, "displaced".
"Household income" means all income from any source before
					 deductions or exemptions, anticipated o be received during the twelve month
					 period following admission or redetermination of household income, as the case
					 may be, by all persons occupying, or who are to occupy the dwelling, and by a
					 household head temporarily separated from the household. Household income does
					 not include the employment income of a minor or amounts specifically paid to
					 the household for or in reimbursement of the cost of medical expenses for any
					 household member.
"Housing owner" means the same as defined in section
					 356D-152, HRS, and may include
					 an agent of an owner.
"HRS" means the Hawaii revised statutes.
"HUD" means the United States Department of Housing and
					 Urban Development.
"Minor" means a person less than eighteen years of age. An
					 unborn child may not be counted as a minor.
"Participant" means the same as tenant.
"Program" means the rent supplement program administered by
					 the authority.
"Rent" means the monthly charge to a tenant for the use of
					 a dwelling unit.
"Security deposit" means a monetary deposit required by a
					 landlord prior to occupancy of the dwelling unit.
"Staff" means the employees or agents of the
					 authority.
"Shared housing" means a dwelling unit with two or more
					 bedrooms that is occupied by more than one person or household which share the
					 housing cost for the dwelling.
"Standard unit" means the same as "dwelling unit".
"Tenant" means a qualified person or family that is
					 participating in the program.
"Unassisted household" means a person or family who is not
					 participating in the program.
"U.S.C." means the United States Code.
"Very low income" means 50 per cent of the median household
					 income for the area as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
					 Development.
"Violent criminal activity" means any criminal activity
					 that includes the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force
					 substantial enough to cause, or be reasonably likely to cause, serious bodily
					 injury or property damage.