Report Title:

Rental Assistance; Housing

Description:

Provides qualified rental assistance applicants up to ninety days to find a qualified rental dwelling.  (HB2511 CD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2511
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 2
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§356D-  Rent supplement; qualification. Except as provided by federal law, nothing in this chapter shall prevent a person who otherwise qualifies for rent supplement under this chapter from taking up to ninety days (from the day the person's application for rent supplement is approved) to secure a qualified rental dwelling; provided that rent supplement payments shall not commence until a qualified rental dwelling is secured."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.