Title 28, Property

§516-123 Acquisition loan programs; self supporting. The interest rate, fees, charges, premiums, and other terms of the loans made under the acquisition loan programs shall be at least sufficient to pay the cost of administering and maintaining the portion of the specific acquisi…

§516-124 Acquisition loan programs; fees. The corporation may establish, revise, charge, and collect fees, premiums, and charges as necessary, reasonable, or convenient, for its acquisition loan programs. The fees, premiums, and charges shall be deposited into the fee title acqui…

§516-125 Acquisition loan programs; evidence of eligible loan. (a) Each mortgage lender who participates in any acquisition loan program shall submit evidence, as deemed satisfactory by the corporation, that eligible loans have been made from the proceeds of the revenue bonds. (b…

§516-131 Loans to lenders program. (a) The corporation may make loans to mortgage lenders under terms and conditions requiring that the loan proceeds be used within a time period prescribed by the corporation to make eligible loans in an aggregate principal amount substantially e…

§516-132 Loan to lenders program; collateral security. (a) Loans made to mortgage lenders additionally may be secured by a pledge of a lien upon collateral security in an amount as the corporation deems necessary to assure the payment of principal of and interest on the loans as …

§516-141 Purchase of existing loans program. (a) The corporation may contract with a mortgage lender to purchase, in whole or in part, existing loans, whether or not eligible loans. The contract may contain provisions as determined by the corporation to be necessary or appropriat…

§516-151 Advance commitments program. (a) The corporation may contract with a mortgage lender for the advance commitment to purchase eligible loans. (b) The contract may contain provisions as determined by the corporation to be necessary or appropriate to provide security for its…

§516-161 Eligible loan funding program. (a) The corporation may make or contract directly with mortgage lenders to fund eligible loans. (b) The contract may contain provisions as determined by the corporation to be necessary or appropriate to provide security for its revenue bond…

§516-171 Loans; service and custody. The corporation may contract for the service and custody of its loans. The contract may provide for the payment of fees or charges for the services rendered; provided that the fees or charges shall not exceed the usual, customary, and reasonab…

§516-172 Loans; sale, pledge, or assignment. (a) Subject to any agreement with the holders of its revenue bonds, the corporation may sell its loans at public or private sale at a price and upon terms and conditions as it determines. (b) Subject to any agreement with the holders o…

§516-173 Loans; insurance and guarantees. The corporation may procure insurance or guarantees against any default of its loans, in amounts and from insurers or guarantors, as it deems necessary or desirable. [L 1983, c 270, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 337, §16; am L 1988, c 104, §2; a…

§516-174 Loans; default. The corporation may:

§516-181 Interest acquired. (a) Upon acquisition of the leased fee interest in a residential houselot from the proceeds of an eligible loan, the property interest acquired shall be all of the right, title, and interest of the fee owner and all legal and equitable owners, if any, …

§516-182 Restrictions on sale and use of residential lots acquired from proceeds of eligible loan. No interest in property acquired from the proceeds of an eligible loan made under this part, so long as any part of such eligible loan is outstanding, shall be transferred unless co…

§516-186 Construction. The powers conferred by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. The fee title acquisition loan programs authorized under this part may be undertaken, and revenue bonds may be issued under this part, notwiths…

§516-2 Applicability. This chapter applies to all lands leased as residential lots which are owned or held privately or owned by the State or its political subdivisions, except Hawaiian home lands which are subject to Article XII of the Constitution of the State and lands owned o…

[PART VI. SUSTAINABLE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENTS OR LEASES] [§516-201] Exemption for sustainable affordable developments. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no lessee under a sustainable affordable lease may exercise the rights granted to a lessee by part II and sections 516-6…

[§516-202] Certification. The lessor of a sustainable affordable development shall certify the lessor's qualification for the exemption established in section 516-201 at the time of the delivery of the first sustainable affordable lease by filing an affidavit with the registrar o…

[§516‑203] Recordkeeping. A lessor of a sustainable affordable development shall maintain during the term of all sustainable affordable leases records regarding income levels and other qualifications of buyers of sustainable affordable leases at the time of purchase. [L 2005, c 1…

[§516‑204] University of Hawaii at Manoa. The legislature identifies the creation of a sustainable affordable development by or on land owned by or set aside to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to be a matter of statewide concern because of the built-up nature of the surrounding…

PART II. CONDEMNATION OF DEVELOPMENT TRACT §516-21 Applicability. This part applies to development tracts which are, at the time of acquisition of leased fee interests in residential lots within such tracts by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation as [provided] h…

§516-22 Designation of leased fee interest in all or part of development tract for acquisition. The corporation may designate all or a portion of a development tract for acquisition and acquire leased fee interests in residential houselots in a development tract, through the exer…

§516-23 Exercise of power of eminent domain. Within twelve months after the designation of all or part of the development tract for acquisition, the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation shall acquire through voluntary action of the parties, or institute eminent doma…

§516-24 Compensation. The compensation to be paid for the leased fee interest in a residential houselot within a tract shall be the owner's basis as defined in section 516-1. The compensation shall be determined as of the date of the summons of the complaint in eminent domain. [L…

§516-24.5 Exchanges. (a) The corporation may exchange public lands for private lands to be condemned or involuntarily sold pursuant to this chapter; provided that any such exchange shall be subject to legislative disapproval; provided further that lands exchanged need not be of l…

§516-25 Interest acquired. (a) Upon acquisition of the leased fee interest in residential houselots within all or a portion of a development tract as provided in this part, the property interest acquired by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation is all of the righ…

§516-26 Interest in compensation paid by the corporation. The fee owner, lessor, and all legal and equitable owners shall share in the compensation paid by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation as their respective interests appear. Notwithstanding any contrary pr…

§516-27 Compulsory or involuntary conversion. It is the intent of the legislature, within the meaning of section 1033 or section 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code or the applicable provisions of chapter 235, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as well as all other statutes, rules, regulatio…

§516-28 Disposition, generally. It shall be the policy of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to encourage the widespread fee simple ownership of residential lots situated within a development tract. Where necessary or desirable, the corporation may lease the r…

§516-29 Notice of disposition. Except in case of a sale of the leased fee interest to the lessee of a residential lot under lease, no sale or lease of any residential lots shall be made by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation unless it has given public notice on…

§516-3 No estoppel or waiver. The rights granted to lessees by this chapter shall be effective, notwithstanding any provision in any lease or contract to the contrary. No lessee shall be estopped by any covenant, term, condition, or contract, however worded, from claiming the rig…

§516-30 Purchase of leased fee interest. The lessee of a residential lot within a development tract, whether the lessee was a lessee at the time of the acquisition or became a lessee after the acquisition of the development tract, who has applied to the corporation and has qualif…

§516-31 Disposition by lease. The Hawaii housing finance and development corporation may lease any of the residential lots in a development tract at lease rentals and upon terms and conditions as it may determine. The leases shall be subject to all of the rights of lessees enumer…

§516-32 Not for profit. It is declared to be the policy of the State that the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation shall carry out its responsibilities under this part in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the sales prices and rentals for residential lots…

§516-33 Qualification for purchase. (a) Except as otherwise provided under section 516-28, no application to purchase shall be accepted nor shall any sale of any residential houselot within a development tract be made to any person unless the person meets the following requiremen…

§516-33.5 Deposits by lessees. (a) The corporation may require the submission of a deposit by any lessee applying to the corporation for the purchase of a residential lot under this chapter. The amount of the deposit shall be established by rule. All interests earned on deposits …

§516-34 Mortgages, agreements of sale, other instruments. (a) If an applicant who wishes to purchase the leased fee interest in the applicant's residential leasehold lot is unable to obtain sufficient funds at reasonable rates from private lenders, the Hawaii housing finance and …

§516-35 Restrictions on sale and use of residential lots. (a) If state moneys are used for the purchase of the owner's basis, then for a period of ten years after the purchase from the corporation of the leased fee interest in a residential lot, the purchaser shall not transfer a…

§516-35.1 Foreclosure and sale by mortgagees. If the leased fee, fee simple title or lease to a lot, purchased or acquired from the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation under this chapter is secured by a mortgage held by a lending institution authorized to do busine…

§516-4 Trusts and estates. The rights granted to lessees by this chapter shall be effective, notwithstanding any condition or provision to the contrary in any instrument creating any life tenancy, defeasible fee, estate, or trust, regardless of whether such tenancy, fee, estate o…

§516-40 Bonds as legal investments. The State and all of its public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, including savings and loan associations, all investment companies,…

§516-41 Exemption from taxation and assessments. The Hawaii housing finance and development corporation and the property acquired by it under this part, if not leased or sold, are exempt from any and all taxes and assessments. Bonds, notes, debentures, and other evidences of inde…

§516-42 Investment of reserves. The Hawaii housing finance and development corporation may invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds, or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject t…

§516-43 Security for funds deposited. The Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, by resolution, may provide that all moneys deposited by it shall be secured by:

§516-45 General obligation bonds. The director of finance may, from time to time, issue general obligation bonds in such amounts as may be authorized by the legislature, for the purpose of acquisition by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation of residential housel…

§516-5 Penalty. Any person who violates this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000 nor less than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. [L 1967, c 307, §6; HRS §516-5; am L 2015, c 237, §37]