Haw. Code R. § 17-2031-99 - Dwelling unit cap on project-based dwelling units by project

(a) The authority may not select a proposal to provide project-based voucher assistance for dwelling units in a project or enter into an agreement or HAP contract to provide PBV assistance for dwelling units in a project, if the total number of dwelling units in the project that will receive PBV assistance during the term of the PBV HAP is more than 25 percent of the number of dwelling units, either assisted or unassisted, in the project.

(b) Exceptions to the 25 percent cap per project are permitted, where PBV dwelling units are not counted against the cap, when:

(1) The dwelling units are in a single-family project, comprising one to four dwelling units; or

(2) The dwelling units are excepted dwelling units in a multifamily project because they are made available for elderly or disabled families receiving supportive services, also known as qualifying families.

(c) The approved services are not required to be provide at or near the project.

(d) To qualify, a family must have at least one member receiving at least one qualifying supportive service. The authority shall not require participation in medical or disability-related services other than drug and alcohol treatment in the case of current abusers as a condition of living in an excepted dwelling unit, although such services may be offered. The following services may be offered to families for a project to qualify for the 25 percent cap, depending on the needs of the family:

(1) Palolo Valley Homes, Ohana Learning Center, 2170 Ahe Street, Honolulu, HI 96816; Owner: Mutual Housing Association of Hawaii:

(A) Computer access for the community to use for job search, printing documents, internet access, etc;

(B) University student assist children with homework;

(C) Resident services department provides referrals to available services in the community;

(D) Music lab;

(E) Reading room;

(F) Demonstration kitchen for children's cooking lessons;

(G) Nurses station/health room;

(H) HCAP education programs;

(I) lolani School programs, STEM, Kai program; and

(J) Foodbank;

(2) Towers of Kuhio Park, 1475 Linapuni Street #100, Honolulu, HI 96819; Owner: Michaels Development Company:

(A) Early childcare development preschools;

(B) Case management and referral services;

(C) Food bank and food programs;

(D) Out of school teen programming;

(E) Mental and behavioral health;

(F) Domestic violence prevention and intervention;

(G) Child abuse prevention and intervention;

(H) Child sex trafficking intervention;

(I) Community computer and resource centers;

(J) Educational and vocational financial aid;

(K) Parenting training;

(L) Job training and placement;

(M) Emergency financial support;

(N) Financial literacy;

(O) Housing navigation;

(P) Gang and bullying prevention;

(Q) Interpretation services;

(R) Skills training and makers space;

(S) Substance abuses referral services;

(T) Community building and family engagement;

(U) Acculturation services;

(V) Walking school bus; and

(W) English as a second language.

(e) A dwelling unit shall continue to count as an excepted dwelling unit for as long as the family resides in the dwelling unit, if a family at the time of initial tenancy is receiving, and while the resident of an excepted dwelling unit has received, FSS supportive services or any other supportive services as defined by the rules above, and successfully completes the FSS contract of participation or the supportive services requirement.

(f) On an annual basis, the authority will monitor all families receiving services to determine if such families will be allowed to continue receiving PBV assistance.

(1) The authority will require families receiving services to provide written evidence from each provider confirming that the family has received all of the required services in the statement of family obligations or FSS contract of family participation; or

(2) Alternatively, each service provider will submit a report to the management of the property, identifying the services received by each family. The property owner will submit the report to the authority, who will verify that all services required in the statement of family obligation or FSS contract of participation received.

Notes

Haw. Code R. § 17-2031-99

[Eff 12/31/2022] (Auth: HRS § 356D-13) (Imp: HRS § 356D-13; 24 C.F.R. § 983.56)