Represented by Legal Aid Society of Hawaii , Seniors Sue U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to Keep Housing Complex Subsidized
Eloise Aguiar, Honolulu Advertiser, March 27, 2008
Eloise Aguiar, Honolulu Advertiser, March 27, 2008
The Honolulu Advertiser states: "A second lawsuit has been filed to ensure the preservation of a senior low-rent housing project in Kahuku, but this time the defendant is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The [LSC-funded] Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and the nonprofit Housing Preservation Project are challenging HUD's action to allow Kahuku Elderly Housing operators, the Kahuku Housing Foundation Inc., to pre-pay its mortgages, thereby releasing the program from HUD restrictions . . . . The lawsuit claims that leaving the program violates a federal law requiring the foundation to stay with HUD for an additional five years for obtaining a rent increase. It got that increase last year, the suit says. Earlier this month, Legal Aid filed a similar action in state Circuit Court against Kahuku Housing Foundation Inc. for opting out of the HUD rent subsidy program known a Project Base Section 8." See also Legal Services E-lert of March 7, 2008.
Legal Aid Society of HI's Wai`anae Office is located at the Satellite City Hall. To apply for their services, call 536-4302 ext. 3.
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