Haw. Code R. § 17-2036-2
As used in this chapter:
"Applicant" means an individual or family that submits an application for admission to the Program but is not yet a participant in the Program.
"Authority" means the Hawaii public housing authority
"CFR" means the United States Code of Federal Regulations
"Cooperative" or "housing cooperative" means housing owned by a corporation or association, and where a member of the corporation or association has the right to reside in a particular unit, and to participate in management of the housing.
"Cooperative member" means a family of which one or more members owns membership shares in a cooperative,
"Disabled family" means a family whose head, spouse, or sole member is a person with a disability; or two or more persons with disabilities living together; or one or more persons with disabilities living with one or more live-in aides.
"Economic self-sufficiency program" means any program designed to encourage, assist, train, or facilitate the economic independence of HUD-assisted families or to provide work for such families.
"Elderly" or "elderly family" means a family whose head, spouse, or sole member is a person who is at least sixty-two years of age; or two or more persons who are at least sixty-two years of age living together; or one or more persons who are at least sixty-two years of age living with one or more live-in aides.
"Eligible family" means a family that meets the qualifications and requirements of the Program.
"Executive director" means the executive director of the authority or the executive director's designated representative.
"Family" means regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status, a person or group of persons, as determined by the authority approved to reside in a unit with assistance under the Program. A family is comprised of:
(1) Two or more persons who live or intend to live together as a unit and whose income and resources are available to meet the family's needs and who may be related by blood, marriage, or operation of law and whose head of family has reached the age of majority. Family may include foster children and hanai children;
(2) An elderly family;
(3) A disabled family;
(4) A displaced family;
(5) The remaining member of a tenant family who is recorded as an authorized occupant on the current list of household members and who has reached the age of majority; or
(6) A single person who is not an elderly or displaced person, or a person with disabilities, or the remaining member of a tenant family.
"Family self sufficiency program" or "FSS program" means the program established by the authority in accordance with 24 C.F.R. Part 984 to promote self-sufficiency" of assisted families, including the coordination of supportive services.
"First-time homeowner" means a family of which no member owned any present ownership interest in a residence of any family member during the three years before commencement of homeownership assistance for the family. The term "first-time homeowner" includes a single parent or displaced homemaker who, while married, owned a home with his or her spouse, or resided in a home owned by his or her spouse.
"Gender identity or expression" includes a person's actual or perceived gender, as well as a person's gender identity, gender-related self-image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression, regardless of whether that gender identity, gender-related self-image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression is different from that traditionally associated with the person's sex at birth.
"HRS" means Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Home" means a dwelling unit for which the authority pays homeownership assistance.
"Homeowner" means a family of which one or more members hold title to the home.
"Homeownership assistance" means monthly homeownership assistance payments by the authority. Homeownership assistance payments may be paid to the family, or to a mortgage lender on behalf of the family.
"Homeownership expenses" means a family's allowable monthly expenses for the home, as determined by the authority.
"Homeownership option" means assistance for a homeowner or cooperative member.
"Housing quality standards" means the HUD minimum quality standards for housing assisted under the tenant-based programs.
"HUD" means the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"Interest in the home" means:
(1) In the case of assistance for a homeowner, "interest in the home" includes title to the home, any lease or other right to occupy the home, or any other present interest in the home.
(2) In the case of assistance for a cooperative member, "interest in the home" includes ownership of membership shares in the cooperative, any lease or other right to occupy the home, or any other present interest in the home. "Independent inspector" means a professional home inspector who is independent of the seller and the authority.
"Lender" or "mortgage lender" means a mortgage lender as defined in part I, chapter 356D, HRS.
"Live-in aide" means a person who resides with one or more elderly persons, or near elderly persons, or persons with disabilities, and who:
(1) Is determined to be essential to the care and well-being of the persons;
(2) Is not obligated for the support of the persons; and
(3) Would not be living in the unit except to provide the necessary support services.
"Membership shares" means shares in a cooperative. By owning such cooperative shares, the share-owner has the right to reside in a particular unit in the cooperative, and the right to participate in management of the housing.
"Payment standard" means the maximum monthly assistance payment for a family assisted in the section 8 housing choice voucher program before deducting the total tenant payment by the family.
"PHA section 8 administrative plan" means the administrative plan for implementation of the section 8 housing choice voucher program pursuant to 24 C.F.R. Part 982.
"Participant" means a person or family that is receiving homeownership assistance in the Program.
"Portability" means the right to receive section 8 tenant-based assistance outside of the jurisdiction of the initial public housing agency.
"Present ownership interest" means holding title, in whole or in part, to a residence, or ownership, in whole or in part, of membership shares in a cooperative. "Present ownership interest" in a residence does not include the right to purchase title to the residence under a lease-purchase agreement.
"Program" or "homeownership program" means the section 8 homeownership option program.
"Section 8 housing choice voucher program" means the tenant-based section 8 rental voucher program.
"Total tenant payment" means the total amount the HUD rent formula requires the tenant to pay toward rent and utilities.
Haw. Code R. § 17-2036-2