Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Hawaii Public Housing Authority
Chapter 2040 - EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM RULES
Subchapter 4 - HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND RENT
Section 17-2040-54 - Payment standard

(a) The maximum monthly subsidy payment for a family before deducting the family contribution is set by the authority between ninety per cent and one hundred ten per cent of the HUD determined small area fair market rent and varies by zip code. The small area fair market rent, which includes utilities and is established for dwelling units of various bedroom sizes, is determined by HUD and is set forth in Exhibit F. The authority may establish a payment standard amount that is higher or lower than the basic range subject to HUD approval.

(b) The authority may approve a higher payment standard within the basic range to reasonably accommodate a family that includes a person with disabilities and the disabled individual requires an accommodation.

(c) The authority may choose to establish a higher payment standard to increase the potential pool of available units for participant families for a unit size at any level between ninety percent and one hundred twenty percent of the published fair market rent for that unit size, without HUD approval.

(d) Requests for a higher payment standard above 120 percent of the published fair market rent may be made as a reasonable accommodation for a family that includes a person with disabilities and requires a payment standard above the basic range and HUD approves the request.