Title
HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (RESOLUTION 22-196, RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE) (GREAT-3(3))
Description
The Committee is in receipt of Resolution 22-196, entitled “APPROVING FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2023 HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE A STATE BILL RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.” Resolution 22-196’s purpose is to approve for inclusion in the 2023 Hawai‘i State Association of Counties Legislative Package a proposed State bill, attached as Exhibit “A,” entitled “A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.” The purpose of the proposed State bill is to: 1) prohibit landlords from terminating certain tenancies without just cause; 2) require landlords, when terminating a tenancy based on no-fault just cause, to offer relocation assistance to the tenant or waiver of the final month’s rent; and 3) prohibit landlords from, over the course of any 12-month period, increasing the gross rental rate for a dwelling unit more than three per cent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, as defined, or seven per cent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for the immediately preceding 12 months.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend adoption of Resolution 22-196, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of Resolution 22-196 and other related action.