HI HB1777

Developers receiving assistance from Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation must offer displaced tenants the right of first offer for a comparable unit in the new housing project when units become available

Displaced tenants earning 140% or below area median income must receive replacement housing payments equal to the lesser of three months' prior rent or three months' rent affordable to a two-person household at 60% area median income

Developers must provide relocation assistance information and establish procedures to track and maintain communication with displaced tenants starting 120 days before the notice to vacate through project completion

Non-compliant developers face enforcement actions including delayed application review, halted relocations, withheld program funds, or ineligibility from all corporation programs for at least one year

Effective date set for July 1, 3000 (placeholder date indicating delayed implementation pending further action)