{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-445-95.2","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 445-95.2","heading":"Unfair and deceptive practices defined.","body":"The following are defined as unfair or deceptive practices in the rooming house business:\n\n(1) Requiring, seeking, or encouraging any resident or prospective resident to execute a power of attorney in which the resident or prospective resident names the rooming house, its owner, or any of its agents or employees as attorney-in-fact;\n\n(2) Making any representation that the rooming house offers medical care, rehabilitation, or therapeutic benefits of any type;\n\n(3) Negotiating public assistance checks payable to a resident;\n\n(4) Refusing to refund any deposit as provided in sections 521-44(c) and 521-66;\n\n(5) Refusing to give any resident a partial rent refund in accordance with section 521-66;\n\n(6) Encouraging, soliciting, or requiring any resident or prospective resident to consent to the release of information concerning the resident or prospective resident which is maintained by any government agency and otherwise confidential;\n\n(7) Encouraging, soliciting, or requiring a resident or prospective resident to:\n\n(A) Turn over food stamps to the rooming house, its agents, or employees; or\n\n(B) Permit authorization to purchase (ATP) food stamp cards to be negotiated by the rooming house, its agents, or employees;\n\n(8) Limiting, hindering, or restricting access of residents who are food stamp recipients to foodstuffs, food containers, refrigerators, or other food storage facilities;\n\n(9) Encouraging, soliciting, or requiring any resident or prospective resident to apply for or receive food stamps if the rooming house has meal service;\n\n(10) Accepting food stamps as payment for or in reduction of rent;\n\n(11) Charging different rents for similar accommodations based on the amount of a resident's public assistance benefits;\n\n(12) Encouraging, soliciting, or requiring any resident or prospective resident to have public assistance benefits mailed to the rooming house, its owner, or its agents or employees; and\n\n(13) Denying any prospective resident or evicting any resident from living accommodations solely on the basis of age or disability.","path":["HI Code","Division 2","Title 25","Chapter 445"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol10_Ch0436-0474/HRS0445/HRS_0445-0095_0002.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"2fcc308f8d0cf439a3159505c35bc1af5696622572cd2bb26ae3137e1414eec1","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-445-95.1","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-445-95.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}