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HRS §201H-8

Housing counseling

This section says the housing corporation may offer certain services for its programs, like helping renters find homes, counseling tenants and future homeowners, and assisting people or agencies with federal housing aid. It also allows helping counties fight blight. The section only lists possible services; it does not require them.

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The statute, as written — Housing counseling

The corporation may provide the following services for the programs it administers: (1) Listing and referral services to tenants seeking to rent homes; (2) Counseling to tenants on matters such as financial management and budgeting, basic housekeeping, communicating effectively and getting along with others, and other matters as may be desirable or necessary; (3) Counseling to prospective homeowners on the rudiments of owning a home; (4) Assistance to any person or government agency regarding the nature and availability of federal assistance for housing development and community development or redevelopment; (5) Counseling and guidance services to aid: any person or government agency in securing the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in undertaking, constructing, maintaining, operating, or financing any housing designated for elders; persons displaced by governmental action; university and college students and faculty; and any other persons; and (6) Assistance to a county agency upon request from the agency in the development of programs to correct or eliminate blight and deterioration and to effect community development.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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