Haw. Code R. § 17-534-53 - Rent assistance payments

(a) The authority shall pay directly to the owner, or authorized agent, on behalf of a tenant, a monthly rent assistance amount that is subject to subsection (d) and is the difference between the fair monthly rent for the rental unit and the tenant's allowable share of rent as defined by 24 C.F.R. §813.107 and set forth in Exhibit A, dated 4/1/92, located at the end of this chapter.

(b) Rent assistance payments shall be made on behalf of a tenant for the period that the rental unit is occupied.

(c) Vacated rental units will receive rent assistance payments under the following conditions:

(1) If the tenant vacates the rental unit without proper notice, rent assistance payments shall be continued to the time that the tenancy could legally be terminated or to the date that the rental unit is re-rented, or to the last day of the month that the tenant vacated the rental unit and rent assistance payment was already made, whichever comes first; or

(2) If the tenant has had his social services agreement terminated by the authority and is ineligible to participate in the program, rent assistance payments shall be continued for ninety days from the effective date of termination of the social services agreement or to the date the rental unit is re-rented, whichever comes first.

(d) The rent assistance shall be limited up to the amounts as defined by and set forth in Exhibit B, dated 2/1/94, located at the end of this chapter.

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Haw. Code R. § 17-534-53

[Eff JUN 30 1994] (Auth: SLH 1992, Act 279, §§3(5), 5) (Imp: SLH 1992, Act 279, §§3(5), 5)