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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HOUSING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part III to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§356D- State low-income housing restrictions. (a) The authority shall ensure that housing units within a state low-income housing project are not being passed along from one tenant to another individual and that tenant selection occurs pursuant to section 356D-42.
(b) The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c) This section shall not apply to federal public housing projects."
SECTION 2. Section 356D-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The authority shall select tenants upon the basis of those in greatest need for the particular housing, subject to the following limitations and preferences:
(1) The authority may limit the tenants of any state low-income housing project to classes of persons when required by federal law or regulation as a term or condition of obtaining assistance from the federal government; provided that not less than fifty per cent of available units shall be for applicants without preference and up to fifty per cent of available units shall be for applicants with preference;
(2) Within the priorities established by the authority
recognizing need, veterans with a permanent disability of ten per cent or more,
as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and their
dependent parents, if any. The deceased veteran's widow or widower shall be
given first preference. Parents of veterans shall not use the veteran status
of their adult child as a basis for preference; [and]
(3) Subject to any limitations set by federal law or
regulation, the authority shall not select as a tenant, and may terminate the
tenancy of, any person if the person or any household member owns or acquires a
home within the State[.]; and
(4) The authority may require tenants of state low-income housing projects who are unemployed or not enrolled in at least ten hours of classes per month to perform at least twenty hours of community service per month in order to remain eligible for tenancy; provided that this paragraph shall not apply to an elder as defined in section 356D-1 or an individual with a disability that results in a person's inability to engage in any substantial gainful business or occupation."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.
Report Title:
State Low-income Housing; Tenants; Restrictions; Transfer; Community Service
Description:
Prohibits state low-income housing units from being passed along from one individual to another. Requires unemployed tenants, except elders and individuals with a disability, who live in state low-income housing to perform community service or enroll in classes in order to remain eligible for tenancy. (SD1)
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