HAR §17-2028-34. Local preferences

(a) Subject to section 17-2028-33 (c) , eligible applicants shall be given preference for admission in the program in the order of the dates of their applications if, at the time they are seeking housing assistance, they fall within the following preference priority groups: (1) Involuntarily displaced; (2) Victims of domestic violence who are participating in a program with case management through a domestic violence shelter, program, or clearinghouse; or (3) Homeless persons who are participating in a federally or state funded homeless transitional shelter or program, and who are in compliance with a social service plan. (b) Subject to section 17-2028-33 (c) , each preference in each priority group is of equal weight and an applicant who qualifies for any of the preferences shall receive assistance before any other applicant who is not so qualified regardless of: (1) Place on the waiting list; or (2) Date or time of submission of an application. (c) A single applicant who is elderly, disabled or displaced shall be given preference over all other 2028-26 I §17-2028-36 single applicants, regardless of the other single applicant’s local preference. (d) An applicant shall not receive preference if any adult member of the applicant family is a person who was evicted or terminated from any federally- assisted housing or state-aided public housing program operated by the authority for a three-year period beginning on the date of eviction because of drug- related criminal activities unless the adult member has successfully completed a rehabilitation program approved by the authority. [Eff 7/21/05; am and comp 9/4/07; am and comp MAY24 2014 1 (Auth: HRS §5356D-4; 3560-13) (Imp: 24 C.F.R. §960.204, 960.206; HRS §53560-4, 3560-13, 3560-31)