Bill Text: HI SB2086 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 2086 (Prior Session Legislation)

HI State Legislature page for SB2086

Introduced

Bill Title: Housing; State Rent Supplement Program; Appropriation ($)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-09 - The committee on HOU deferred the measure. [SB2086 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2086-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2086
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to Housing.

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

SECTION 1. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $2,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 for a rental assistance program, also known as the shallow subsidy program, within the department of human services, for homeless working individuals and their families who are ready to rent permanent housing to obtain and maintain permanent housing; provided that:

(1) The maximum subsidy shall be $500 per month; provided that to qualify for the subsidy, a household shall pay a minimum of forty per cent of their adjusted gross income for rent; and

(2) A household's adjusted gross income shall be calculated in the same manner as calculated by the Hawaii public housing authority to qualify for public housing under the authority's control.

The sum appropriated for staff within the homeless programs office and for program and administrative costs associated with establishing and operating the shallow subsidy program shall be expended by the department of human services through a contract issued pursuant to chapter 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Housing; State Rent Supplement Program; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds for the State Rent Supplement Program for working individuals or families who are ready to rent permanent housing to obtain and maintain permanent housing, subject to certain conditions. Specifies that the maximum rent supplement is $500 per month per household.

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