Current through September, 2024
Section 15-22-191 - Restrictions or conditions on use and sale of a reserved housing unit; effects of amendment or repeal(a) Restrictions or conditions on the use, sale and transfer of reserved housing units shall be made as uniform as possible in application to purchasers of all units, and restrictions shall be conformed with agreement of the owner to reflect change or repeal made by any subsequent legislative act, ordinance, rule or regulation. Reserved housing unit owners shall be permitted at their election to sell or transfer units subject to restrictions in effect at the time of their sale or transfer.(b) The authority, any other department of the State, or any county housing agency maintaining restrictions or conditions, through contract, deed, other instrument, or by rule or regulation, shall notify all owners of any change made by law, ordinance, rule or regulation not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the change, as the case may be, and such notice shall clearly state the enacted or proposed new provisions, the date upon which they are to be effective and offer to each owner of reserved housing units constructed and sold prior to the effective date, an opportunity to modify the existing contract or other instrument to incorporate the most recent provisions.(c) No dwelling unit owner shall be entitled to modify the restrictions or conditions on use, transfer, or sale of the reserved housing unit, without the written permission of the holder of a duly-recorded first mortgage on the unit and the owner of the fee simple or leasehold interest in the land underlying the unit, unless the holder of the first mortgage or the owner is an agency of the State or its political subdivisions.(d) This section shall apply to all reserved housing units developed, constructed and sold pursuant to this chapter and similar programs in the State or its political subdivisions and which are sold on the condition that the purchaser accepts restrictions on the use, sale or transfer of interest in the reserved housing unit purchased.(e) The provisions of this section shall be incorporated in any deed, lease, instrument, rule or regulation relating to restrictions or conditions on use, sale or transfer of reserved housing units. [Eff 9/8/86, comp 1/28/88, comp 2/24/90] (Auth: HRS §§ 206E-4, 206E-5, 206E-7) (Imp: HRS §§ 206E-4, 206E-5, 206E-7)
15-22-191 is based substantially upon § 15-17-311. [Eff 4/6/85; R 9/8/86]