SB153

Hawaii SB153 aims to improve housing security for tenants by increasing notice periods for rent increases and lease terminations.

Hawaii SB153 addresses housing insecurity by requiring landlords to provide tenants with more notice before increasing rent or terminating leases. For tenancies longer than ninety days, landlords must notify tenants ninety days in advance of any rent increase. The bill also mandates that landlords and tenants provide ninety days' notice to terminate leases of three years or more, and sixty days' notice for leases shorter than three years, with certain exceptions. Additionally, it increases the notice period for terminating month-to-month tenancies from fifteen to twenty-eight days.