Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 526 - STATE ELDERLY HOUSING PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-526-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Administrator" means the executive director employed V by
					 the authority or his designated representative.
"Assets" means total cash/ securities/ real and personal
					 property less any outstanding liabilities secured by assets.
"Bona fide resident" means a citizen of the United States
					 or an alien who has established residency and who now resides in the State.
					 (Permanent resident aliens must submit a copy of their alien registration
					 receipt form 1-151.) If there is a question regarding the residence status an
					 applicant, it is the applicant's responsibility to provide documentary evidence
					 of residency. Such documentary evidence may be in the form of, but not limited
					 to, State income tax returns and voter registration receipt.
"Contract rent" means the rent charged a tenant for the
					 use of the dwelling accommodation and equipment (such as ranges and
					 refrigerators but not including furniture), services, and reasonable amounts of
					 utilities determined in accordance with the authority's schedule of allowances
					 for utility consumption or other miscellaneous charges.
"Designated geographic area" means that specific area
					 determined by the director for an elderly housing study. It may encompass the
					 whole State, a county, or section of a county.
"Displaced family" means a person or a family displaced by
					 governmental action, or whose dwelling has been extensively damaged or
					 destroyed as a result of a disaster declared or otherwise formally recognized
					 pursuant to federal or state disaster relief laws, A "displaced family" is one
					 that is without housing, about to be without housing within three years prior
					 to making application to the authority for admission to any housing program,
					 and their displacement resulted from some public or governmental action such
					 as:
(1) Displacement by any low-rent housing project;
(2) Displacement by any public slum clearance redevelopment
					 or urban renewal project;
(3) Displacement through action of a public body or court,
					 either through the enforcement of housing standards or through the demolition,
					 closing or improvement of dwelling units;
(4) Displacement through any other governmental action for
					 public improvement purposes; and
(5) Displacement through the exercise of the powers of
					 eminent domain by a public utility.
"Elderly family" means a family whose head or spouse or
					 whose sole member is at least sixty two years of age, or handicapped as defined
					 in this section, and may include two or more elderly, disabled or handicapped
					 persons living with another person who is determined to be essential to his or
					 her care and well-being.
"Gross income" means "total family income" as defined in
					 § 17-525-2.
"Handicapped person" means a person having an impairment
					 which:
(1) Is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite
					 duration;
(2) Substantially impedes his ability to live
					 independently; and
(3) Is of such a nature that such disability could be
					 improved by more suitable housing conditions.
"Head of the household" means the family member who is
					 held responsible and accountable for the family.
"Rent" means contract rent plus the authority's estimate
					 of the cost to the tenant of reasonable quantities of utilities determined in
					 accordance with the authority's schedule of allowances for such utilities,
					 where such utilities are purchased by the tenant and not included in the
					 contract rent.
"Rental" means a dwelling unit developed in accordance
					 with chapter
					 359, HRS, which is owned and operated
					 by the authority and rented to qualified applicants at a rent established by
					 the authority.
"Security deposit" means a deposit required of each tenant
					 prior to., admission for covering loss of removable property (reasonable wear
					 and tear expected) and nonpayment of rent.
"Substantial gainful activity" means service performed by
					 an individual for monetary remuneration or other remuneration of value in
					 return.
"Utilities" means water, electricity, gas, other heating,
					 refrigeration and cooking fuels, trash collection and sewerage services.
					 Telephone service is not included as a utility.