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HCHA meeting <br />September 7, 2021 <br />into strengthening programs that we can ensure residences have housing. Ms. <br />Lee Loy did you have a last question before I move to the vote. <br />Lee Loy: I did, and I'm going to be supporting these amendments on this policy <br />shift. I just wanted to understand for the use of the Section 8 housing voucher, I <br />understand the income levels, who we're trying to help, the fine tuning what <br />that product is like as far as the housing, is it a studio with a bathroom, a <br />kitchenette, can we use ADUs, our SDUs, our ohanas, is this ways to qualify some <br />of the existing housing or future development of a 900 square foot ADU, help me <br />connect how these vouchers could incentivize the construction of housing. <br />Kunz: So, the units in order to qualify for the subsidy and to house those <br />individuals with a subsidy they have to be meeting County Code. There is also a <br />guideline of the number of units and number bedrooms that a family can rent <br />for the number of people in the household. That's the guideline. So, you know <br />that we have families, we have individuals and we have families of, big families, <br />so we don't limit that and the voucher is going to pay 30% of that household's <br />income, whatever that is. <br />Lee Loy: So then we could actually stack along with preferences multi- <br />generational homes who have our kupuna, who has a disabled family member <br />in a 5 -bedroom home, love it! Chair, I yield. <br />Kierkiewicz: Thank you. Mr. Chung. <br />Chung: Thank you. I just have a few short questions, and Susan or Des, either <br />one of you can answer, it has to do with the voucher system. First of all, <br />historically, have we ever had any problem with spending all the money related <br />to the vouchers. <br />Kunz: Not on my watch. <br />Chung: Then, have there been people who have not been able to avail <br />themselves of these vouchers. <br />Kunz: Are there people who have not been able to get vouchers? <br />Chung: Yes. <br />Kunz: Yes. <br />Chung: So we don't have, so we cannot satisfy the demand, basically. <br />Kunz: I guess you could say that. <br />Page 17 of 34 <br />