HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1539
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

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

SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to provide fair opportunities for people on the waiting list to receive housing choice voucher program vouchers.

SECTION 2.  Chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§356D-   Housing choice voucher program administration. Any housing choice voucher program voucher issued by the authority shall be surrendered to the authority upon the vacancy by the last original household member; provided that, where the original head or co-head of the household are survived by a minor or minors who were subsequently added to the household, the household may retain the voucher until the last of the minors who were added to the household reaches the age of twenty-one.  Any legal guardian that is added to the household to care for the minor or minors must be eligible for participation in the housing choice voucher program, and shall not retain the voucher after the minor or minors reach the age of twenty-one."

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2525.

Report Title:

Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Housing Choice Voucher Program

Description:

Requires surrender of housing voucher upon vacancy of unit by last original household member or upon the last minor household member reaching age twenty-one.  Effective July 1, 2525.  (HB1539 HD1)

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