Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Hawaii Public Housing Authority › Chapter 2031 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER AND PROJECT BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 17-2031-22 - Eligibility for admission and participation

Current through June, 2024
(a) To be eligible
				  for participation in the program, an applicant and family members shall meet
				  all of the requirements of the pre-application and final-application phases as
				  set forth below:
(1) During the
				  pre-application phase, the applicant and adult family members shall:
(A) Qualify as a family;
(B) Be income eligible as determined under
				  section 17-2031-6;
(C) Not have an outstanding debt owed to the
				  authority as a participant in any of its programs;
(D) Not have an outstanding liability for
				  unpaid rent or damages incurred while previously participating in any section 8
				  rental subsidy program;
(E) Provide
				  a social security number for all family members who are at least six years of
				  age or under the age of six and has an assigned social security number. If a
				  family member is under the age of six and has not been assigned a social
				  security number, the applicant or participant shall provide for each new child
				  within ninety calendar days of being added to the household, a valid social
				  security number issued by the social security administration, or an original
				  document issued by a federal or state government agency, which contains the
				  name of the individual and the social security number, along with other
				  identifying information of the individual;
(F) Not have been evicted since March 1,1985
				  from a public housing program administered by the authority or any of its
				  predecessors, the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii or
				  Hawaii housing authority with the exception of evictions solely due to failure
				  to pay a debt to the authority, in which case, the applicant can be admitted
				  upon payment in full of the unpaid amounts due to the agency;
(G) Not have been terminated for assistance
				  under the program;
(H) Not have
				  committed fraud, bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection
				  with any federal housing program;
(I) Within one year of the projected date of
				  voucher award, not have been engaged in any drug-related or violent criminal
				  activity or other criminal activity which would adversely affect the health,
				  safety, right of peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents, the
				  owner, or authority employees;
(J)
				  Not be illegally using a controlled substance or give the authority a
				  reasonable cause to believe that the illegal use (or pattern of illegal use) of
				  a controlled substance or abuse of alcohol (or pattern of abuse) may interfere
				  with the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of a rental premises by
				  other residents;
(i) For the purposes of this
				  subsection, "reasonable cause to believe" means by a preponderance of the
				  evidence;
(ii) For the purposes of
				  this subsection, in determining whether to deny eligibility based on a pattern
				  of illegal use of a controlled substance or a pattern of abuse of alcohol, the
				  authority may consider rehabilitation as provided for under
				  42 U.S.C. §
														13661(b)(2)(A)-(C), as it
				  existed on October 20, 2022, which is incorporated by reference and attached as
				  exhibit G;
(K) Not be
				  engaged in any drug-related criminal activity or violent criminal activity
				  which would adversely affect the health, safety, right to peaceful enjoyment of
				  the premises by other residents, the owner, or authority employees;
(L) Not have been convicted of the
				  manufacture, production, or distribution of methamphetamines; and
(M) Not subject to lifetime registration
				  requirements under any State sex offender's registration program.