Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Hawaii Public Housing Authority › Chapter 2033 - RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 17-2033-13 - Eligibility for participation

Current through June, 2024
To be eligible to participate or continue participation in
					 the program, the applicant and applicant's household members or tenant and
					 tenant's household members shall:
(1)
				  Qualify as a household;
(2) Have an
				  adjusted household income which does not exceed the applicable income
				  limit;
(3) Have assets which do not
				  exceed the applicable asset limit;
(4) Have earning capabilities or whose
				  financial situation gives reasonable assurance of meeting the rental payments
				  on time as they become due;
(5) Not
				  own, in whole or a majority interest in, a dwelling unit in the state of
				  Hawaii;
(6) Not have an outstanding
				  debt owed to the authority;
(7) Be
				  eligible for a monthly rent supplement payment of a minimum of $25 and not more
				  than $500;
(8) Provide a social
				  security number for all family members or certify that the person does not have
				  a social security number;
(9) Meet
				  all requirements of part VIII, chapter
				  356D, HRS;
(10) Have their primary place of residence in
				  Hawaii;
(11) Not have a recent
				  history of criminal activity involving crimes to persons or property or
				  criminal acts that affect the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of
				  the premises by other residents. A person convicted for such a crime shall not
				  be eligible for participation in the program until three years after completion
				  of probation or the serving of the sentence;
(12) Not have been evicted from any of the
				  authority's housing programs for drug related criminal activity for three years
				  prior to admission. For purposes of this subsection, in determining
				  eligibility, the authority may consider whether the evicted applicant or
				  household member has successfully completed a rehabilitation program approved
				  by the authority, or whether the circumstances leading to eviction no longer
				  exist;
(13) Not engage in any drug
				  related or violent criminal activity. For the purposes of this subsection,
				  "violent criminal activity" means any illegal criminal activity that has as one
				  of its elements the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force
				  against the person or property of another;
(14) Not engage in the illegal use of a
				  controlled substance or give the authority reasonable cause to believe that the
				  illegal use of a controlled substance, pattern of illegal use, abuse of
				  alcohol, or pattern of abuse of alcohol may interfere with the health and
				  safety of the residents, or the right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by
				  other residents;
(A) For the purposes of this
				  subsection "reasonable cause to believe" means by the preponderance of the
				  evidence;
(B) For the purposes of
				  this subsection, in determining whether to deny eligibility based on a pattern
				  of 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)
				  effective October 1, 1999;