REPORT TITLE:
Housing; Admin Measure

DESCRIPTION:
Amends "qualified resident"; and definition of "housing owner" to
include "very low" income; amends definition of "qualified
tenant" to conform to fair housing requirements; lowers the
income limits for participation in the state rent supplemental
program; increases tenants annual payment from 1/5 to 30% of
tenant's income over a two-year period.  (SB1070 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF
   HAWAII.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 201G-128, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§201G-128  Exception of current owners in corporation
 
 4 projects.  The corporation may allow a person who is a current
 
 5 owner of a multifamily dwelling unit in a project sponsored by
 
 6 the corporation to apply for the purchase of a larger dwelling
 
 7 unit in a project sponsored by the corporation if the applicant's
 
 8 current family size exceeds the permissible family size for the
 
 9 applicant's current dwelling unit, as determined by prevailing
 
10 county building or housing codes.  The applicant shall be
 
11 required to sell the applicant's current dwelling unit back to
 
12 the corporation.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any
 
13 applicant, as it pertains to for-sale housing, shall be a
 
14 "qualified resident" who:
 
15      (1)  Is a citizen of the United States or a resident alien;
 
16      (2)  Is at least eighteen years of age;
 
17      (3)  Is domiciled in the State and shall physically reside
 
18           in the dwelling unit purchased under this chapter;
 

 
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 1      (4)  In the case of purchase of real property in fee simple
 
 2           or leasehold, has a gross income sufficient to qualify
 
 3           for the loan to finance the purchase; and
 
 4      (5)  Except for the applicant's current residence, meets the
 
 5           following qualifications:
 
 6           (A)  Is a person who either oneself or together with
 
 7                one's spouse[,] or household member, does not own
 
 8                a majority interest in fee simple or leasehold
 
 9                lands suitable for dwelling purposes, or a
 
10                majority interest in lands under any trust
 
11                agreement or other fiduciary arrangement in which
 
12                another person holds the legal title to such land;
 
13                and
 
14           (B)  Is a person whose spouse or household member does
 
15                not own a majority interest in fee simple or
 
16                leasehold lands suitable for dwelling purposes or
 
17                a majority interest in lands under any trust
 
18                agreement or other fiduciary arrangement in which
 
19                another person holds the legal title to such land,
 
20                except when husband and wife are living apart
 
21                under a decree of separation from bed and board
 
22                issued by the family court pursuant to section
 
23                580-71."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 2.  Section 201G-232, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "[[]§201G-232[]]  Housing owner defined.  As used in this
 
 4 subpart, the term "housing owner" means:
 
 5      (1)  A private nonprofit corporation or other private
 
 6           nonprofit legal entity, a limited dividend corporation
 
 7           or other limited dividend legal entity, or a
 
 8           cooperative housing corporation, which is a mortgagor
 
 9           under [sections] section 202, 207, 213, 221(d)(3),
 
10           221(d)(5), or 231 of the National Housing Act, as
 
11           amended, or which conforms to the standards of those
 
12           sections but which is not a mortgagor under those
 
13           sections or any other private mortgagor under the
 
14           National Housing Act, as amended, for very low-, low-,
 
15           or moderate-income family housing, regulated or
 
16           supervised under federal or state laws or by political
 
17           subdivisions of the State, or agencies thereof, as to
 
18           rents, charges, capital structure, rate of return, and
 
19           methods of operation, from the time of issuance of the
 
20           building permit for the project; and
 
21      (2)  Any other owner of a standard housing unit or units
 
22           deemed qualified by the corporation."
 

 
 
 
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 1      SECTION 3.  Section 201G-233, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "[[]§201G-233[]]  Qualified tenant defined.  As used in this
 
 4 subpart, the term "qualified tenant" means[:
 
 5      (1)  Any single person who has attained the age of sixty-two
 
 6           or who is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
 
 7           activity by reason of any medically determinable
 
 8           physical or mental impairment; or
 
 9      (2)  Any family;
 
10 provided that the] any single person or family, pursuant to
 
11 criteria and procedures established by the corporation, that has
 
12 been determined to have an income [which would qualify the tenant
 
13 for occupancy in housing provided by section 221(d)(3) of the
 
14 National Housing Act, as amended, or to have a lesser income;
 
15 and] not exceeding the very low income limit as determined by the
 
16 corporation pursuant to rules adopted by the corporation;
 
17 provided [further] that the qualified tenant's primary place of
 
18 residence shall be in the State of Hawaii or that the qualified
 
19 tenant intends to make the State of Hawaii [their] the qualified
 
20 tenant's primary place of residence.
 
21      The terms "qualified tenant" and "tenant" include a member
 
22 of a cooperative who satisfies the foregoing requirements and
 
23 who, upon resale of the member's membership to the cooperative,
 

 
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 1 will not be reimbursed for more than fifty per cent of any equity
 
 2 increment accumulated through payments under this subpart.  With
 
 3 respect to members of a cooperative, the terms "rental" and
 
 4 "rental charges" mean the charges under the occupancy agreements
 
 5 between the members and the cooperative.  The term "qualified
 
 6 tenant" shall not include any person receiving money payments for
 
 7 public assistance from the department of human services; provided
 
 8 that the term "public assistance" shall exclude aid provided
 
 9 through the federal Supplemental Security Income Program."
 
10      SECTION 4.  Section 201G-234, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
11 amended to read as follows:
 
12      "[[]201G-234[]]  Relationship of annual payment to rental
 
13 and income.  The amount of the annual payment with respect to any
 
14 dwelling unit shall not exceed the amount by which the fair
 
15 market rental for such a unit exceeds [one-fifth] thirty per cent
 
16 of the tenant's income as determined by the corporation pursuant
 
17 to procedures and regulations established by it."
 
18      SECTION 5.  Section 201G-235, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
19 amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
 
20      "(d)  No payments shall be made under this subpart except to
 
21 the extent that tenants selected under this subpart have been
 
22 selected according to the following priorities:
 
23      (1)  First priority shall be given to those who have:
 

 
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 1           (A)  An income above the maximum amount allowed for
 
 2                continued occupancy in housing provided for in
 
 3                [part II.A;] subparts A and B of part II;
 
 4           (B)  Been tenants of public housing under [part  II.A;]
 
 5                subparts A and B of part II;
 
 6           (C)  Recently vacated or are vacating housing in
 
 7                subparagraph (A) or (B) because of exceeding the
 
 8                maximum income allowable for continued occupancy;
 
 9                and
 
10           (D)  An urgent housing need;
 
11           and
 
12      (2)  Second priority shall be given to all other eligible
 
13           persons under this subpart who have an urgent need for
 
14           housing [need]."
 
15      SECTION 6.  Section 201G-234, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to
 
16 the contrary notwithstanding, the amount by which the fair market
 
17 rental for a dwelling unit may exceed the tenant's income as
 
18 determined by the corporation under section 201G-234, Hawaii
 
19 Revised Statutes, which is one-fifth on June 30, 1999, may be
 
20 increased by rules of the corporation adopted under chapter 91,
 
21 Hawaii Revised Statutes, to twenty-five per cent on July 1, 1999,
 
22 and may be increased to thirty per cent on July 1, 2000.
 

 
 
 
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 1      This section shall apply to participants in the rent
 
 2 supplement program under chapter 201G, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
 
 3 on June 30, 1999.
 
 4      SECTION 7.  New participants to the rent supplement program
 
 5 after June 30, 1999, shall be required to comply with section
 
 6 201G-234, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
 
 7      SECTION 8.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 8 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 9      SECTION 9.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
 
10 provided that sections 6 and 7 shall take effect on June 30,
 
11 1999; and provided further that section 4 shall take effect on
 
12 July 1, 1999.