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HI SB2509

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2016

Primary Sponsor

Glenn Wakai

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits state low-income housing units from being transferred or passed along from one tenant to another individual, requiring tenant selection through established procedures in Section 356D-42.

  • Requires the Hawaii Housing Authority to adopt administrative rules to enforce restrictions on housing unit transfers and ensure proper tenant selection processes.

  • Mandates that unemployed tenants or those not enrolled in at least ten hours of classes per month must perform a minimum of twenty hours of community service monthly to remain eligible for tenancy.

  • Exempts elders and individuals with disabilities from the community service requirement.

  • Excludes federal public housing projects from these new state low-income housing restrictions.

Legislative Description

State Low-income Housing; Tenants; Restrictions; Transfer; Community Service

Last Action

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.

2/17/2016

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Labor2/17/2016
Housing1/27/2016

Full Bill Text

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