Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Hawaii Public Housing Authority
Chapter 2031 - SECTION 8 - HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER AND PROJECT BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 17-2031-9 - Allowance for utilities and other services
Current through August, 2024
(a) The authority shall maintain a utility allowance schedule for utilities and other services that shall be coordinated with the allowance schedules of the respective counties. The utility allowance schedules are incorporated by reference and attached as exhibit F.
(b) On request from a family that includes a person with disabilities, the authority shall approve a utility allowance which is higher than the applicable amount in the utility allowance schedule if a higher utility allowance is needed as a reasonable accommodation in accordance with 24 C.F.R. part 8 , as it existed on October 20, 2022, to make the program accessible to and usable by the family member with a disability.
(c) A participant shall receive a utility reimbursement when the utility allowance exceeds the total tenant payment.