Hawaii HB1777 mandates protections for tenants displaced by affordable housing projects.

Hawaii HB1777 addresses the issue of tenant displacement caused by affordable housing projects. It requires developers to offer displaced tenants the right of first offer for a comparable unit in the new project. Developers must also provide a replacement housing payment, which is the lesser of three months' rent or an amount equivalent to three months' rent that is affordable to a two-person household at sixty percent of the applicable area median income.

Hawaii HB1777 mandates protections for tenants displaced by affordable housing projects.

Hawaii HB1777 addresses the issue of tenant displacement caused by affordable housing projects. It requires developers to offer displaced tenants the right of first offer for a comparable unit in the new project. Developers must also provide a replacement housing payment, which is the lesser of three months' rent or an amount equivalent to three months' rent that is affordable to a two-person household at sixty percent of the applicable area median income.