KCC §7A-4.3
How Rent Limits Are Calculated
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗This section explains how the Housing Agency sets maximum rents for workforce housing. It uses a formula based on income and utility costs, and updates the limits each year after HUD releases new income data.
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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Rental Limits
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The Housing Agency calculates rental rate limits by household size and by income group by methodology utilized to administer HUD's rent subsidy program as follows:Thirty percent of gross income is available for housing cost.Reduce the amount available for housing cost by subtracting the applicable utility allowance, prepared annually by the Housing Agency.The net amount is the maximum rent allowable.The net rent amounts are not rounded.Workforce Housing Rent Limits. Within 30 days from the date that HUD issues the Kaua'i median household income for the year, the Housing Agency will have available that year's workforce housing rent limits. The workforce housing rent limits will include the rent for the applicable HUD low income groups and the affordable and gap-group income groups by household size from a household of one to a household of eight.
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