Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 201H · 133 active provisions
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Board" means the board of directors of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. "Bonds" means any bonds, interim certificates, not…
(a) There is established the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to be placed within the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes only. The corporation shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic. (b) The corporation shall employ, exempt from chapt…
(a) There is created a board of directors of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation consisting of nine members, of whom six shall be public members appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34. At least four of the public members shall have knowledge and expertise in public or private financin…
(a) The corporation may: (1) Sue and be sued; (2) Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; (3) Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; (4) Adopt bylaws and rules in accordance with chapter 91 for its organization, internal management, and to carry into…
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the corporation may develop programs that provide incentives for the development of housing projects that incorporate urban gardening programs; provided that the college of tropical agriculture and human resources of the University of Hawaii at Manoa shall be consulted regard…
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the provisions of chapter 515 shall apply in administering this chapter.
(a) The corporation, with the assistance of other agencies of the State and counties with related responsibilities, shall develop and maintain a housing advocacy and information system to aid the corporation in meeting the needs and demands of housing consumers. (b) In establishing and maintaining the housing advocacy…
(a) The corporation may study the plans of any government regarding the clearing, replanning, or reconstruction of an area where unsafe or unsanitary dwelling or housing conditions exist. (b) The corporation may purchase materials for the development of land and the construction of dwelling units in the manner it concl…
The corporation may provide the following services for the programs it administers: (1) Listing and referral services to tenants seeking to rent homes; (2) Counseling to tenants on matters such as financial management and budgeting, basic housekeeping, communicating effectively and getting along with others, and other…
(a) The corporation may acquire any real or personal property or interest therein by purchase, exchange, gift, grant, lease, or other means from any person or government to provide housing. Exchange of real property shall be in accordance with section 171-50. (b) The corporation may own or hold real property. All real…
(a) The corporation may: (1) Obtain the aid and cooperation of governmental agencies in the planning, construction, and operation of housing projects and enter into agreements and arrangements as it deems advisable to obtain aid and cooperation; (2) Arrange or enter into agreements with any governmental agency for the…
The corporation may exercise any or all of the powers conferred upon it, either generally or with respect to any specific housing project through an agent that it may designate, including any corporation that is formed under the laws of this State, and for such purposes the corporation may cause one or more corporation…
(a) The corporation, in its own behalf or on behalf of any federal, state, or county agency, may: (1) Clear, improve, and rehabilitate property; (2) Plan, develop, construct, and finance housing projects, including mixed-use developments; and (3) In cooperation with any state or county department or agency, including t…
[(a)] The corporation may acquire any real property, including fixtures and improvements, or interest therein: through voluntary negotiation; through exchange of land in accordance with section 171-50, provided that the public land to be exchanged need not be of like use to that of the private land; or by the exercise…
(a) The corporation may: (1) Borrow money or accept grants from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project that the corporation is authorized to undertake; (2) Take over any land acquired by the federal government for the construction or operation of a housing project with the approval of the federal g…
(a) The corporation is designated as a state housing credit agency to carry out section 42(h) (with respect to limitation on aggregate credit allowable with respect to a project located in a state) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As a state housing credit agency, the corporation shall determine the el…
(a) The corporation may carry out federal programs designated to be carried out by a housing finance or housing development entity. (b) The corporation shall adopt necessary rules in accordance with chapter 91, including the establishment and collection of reasonable fees for administering the program, to carry out any…
Notwithstanding chapter 38, the corporation may establish and manage federal funds outside of the state treasury to be used for federal housing programs. The corporation shall invest those funds in permitted investments in accordance with chapter 36.
The corporation may make, execute, and carry out contracts for, or in connection with, any housing project in the manner provided under chapter 103D and section 103-53; provided that with regard to the contracts, the term "officers", as used in chapter 103D, shall mean the corporation or officer authorized by the corpo…
An obligee of the corporation shall have the right, in addition to all other rights that may be conferred on the obligee subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee, and subject to the prior and superior rights of others: (1) By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding in law or equity to compel…
The corporation may agree in any mortgage made by it that the mortgage shall be subordinate to a contract for the supervision by a governmental agency of the operation and maintenance of the mortgaged property and the construction of improvements thereon. In that event, any purchaser or purchasers at a sale of the prop…
Except as otherwise provided by law, the corporation shall: (1) File at least once a year with the governor a report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year; (2) Report to the state comptroller on moneys deposited in depositories other than the state treasury under section 40-81 and rules adopted thereunder; an…
Unless otherwise provided by law, the corporation shall issue quitclaim deeds and leases whenever it conveys, transfers, sells, or assigns any property developed, constructed, or sponsored under this chapter.
[(a)] Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, new multifamily for-sale housing condominium developments of seventy-five units or more per acre on privately owned lands and privately financed without federal, state, or county financing assistance or subsidies, including tax credits, shall: (1) Be exempt from the corpor…
After issuing a special management area use permit pursuant [to] section 205A-29.5, the county planning department in the respective county and any other state or county agency authorized to issue a permit or approval shall prioritize approving permits to redevelop the permanent affordable multi-family rental housing.