ROH §1-28.3
City housing programs must favor city residents
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗The city wants its housing programs to give first pick to people who live in Honolulu, as long as the law allows it. This rule does not kick out people who live outside the city; it just gives residents a better chance.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Preference policy
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
It is the policy of the city to ensure that every program or initiative that promotes or is intended to promote the provision of housing, and that was created, developed, implemented, administered, required, supervised, managed, or guided by the city must, to the greatest extent allowed by law, include a preference for city residents. This policy instills only a preference for city residents and does not exclude non-city residents from such programs or initiatives. This preference must be construed broadly to effectuate the intended purpose of installing the aforementioned preference.
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