ROH §39-1.2
Who counts as an apartment owner-occupant
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section defines who is an "apartment owner-occupant" for this chapter. It says you must live in the apartment as your main home on the lease renegotiation date and have control of it. If you rent it out to anyone, you do not qualify.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Apartment owner-occupant defined
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.
(a) For the purpose of this chapter, an “apartment owner-occupant” or “owner-occupant” means an owner of a residential apartment who on the renegotiation date of the lease of the residential apartment occupies the residential apartment as the owner’s principal residence.
(b) An apartment owner shall be deemed to occupy a residential apartment if, on the renegotiation date of the lease, the residential apartment serves as the principal place of residence of the apartment owner and the apartment owner has possessory control of the premises at that time. An apartment owner shall not be deemed to have possessory control of the premises if the residential apartment is rented, leased, or otherwise assigned to another person or entity for any period of time. Proof of residency and possessory control shall be established by rules adopted by the department.
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