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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to kupuna housing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"(a)
There is established the state rent supplement program for kupuna to be
administered by the authority to provide state rent supplement assistance and
other services [to] for the benefit of qualified kupuna under
this section.
(b) The authority shall:
(1) Provide state rent supplement assistance to qualified kupuna;
(2) Provide housing counseling to assist
qualified kupuna in obtaining or retaining permanent housing; [and]
(3) Coordinate with mental health services
providers and other supportive services providers to assist qualified kupuna[.];
and
(4) Provide
homeowners insurance premium assistance to housing owners who rent or lease to
qualified kupuna a mortgaged property located within an area designated as lava
zone 1 or lava zone 2, as identified by the United States Geological Survey
Lava-Flow Hazard Zone Map, Island of Hawaii."
SECTION 2. Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, is amended by amending section 6 to read as follows:
"SECTION
6. This Act shall take effect on July 1,
2023[, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2026]."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
HPHA; Kupuna Housing; State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna; Homeowners Insurance Premium Assistance; Lava Zones
Description:
Expands
the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna
to provide homeowners insurance premium assistance to housing owners who rent
or lease to qualified kupuna a mortgaged property located within certain lava
zones, as identified by the United States Geological Survey. Makes permanent the State Rent Supplement
Program for Kupuna.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.