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<br />A. Rudo <br /> stated that is something Housing is looking at all the time because <br />housing is really tight. There is no clear cut solution because of the number of <br />people that can be affected. <br /> <br />According to Sam the problem is finding housing that is affordable. There was a <br />time when landlords were happy with Section 8. People feel that Section 8 <br />tenants are going to be less caring or do more damage. Alan stated he works <br />with Sharon trying to get homeowners to go over to Section 8. Alan is planning <br />to propose that the County look at passing something to say that property owners <br />cannot raise rents during times of emergencies. <br /> <br />Alan <br />According to the other thing you’ve got to remember is do what you have to <br />do to get a house. The voucher is like gold. Remember they can’t ask about <br />your household, because they start getting into Fair Housing issues. So if people <br />have to double up or three people have to rent a house and become a household <br />to be able to afford it, those were things you should consider. Technically under <br />the county code, no more than five unrelated people to a single family house. <br />Sam inquired if the roommate also has to qualify for Section 8. Alan stated that <br />was correct and to be sure to work with case manager. <br /> <br />J. Floyd <br /> inquired about Hawai‘i Island’s Home Grant and wanted to know who <br />decides how the $3 million is spent. Alan replied that any of the money that <br />comes in, they have a review panel of people who look at all the different <br />projects. He also stated that Puna will not qualify for these types of funds <br />because of the lava zone. Jesse encouraged members and the public to be <br />aware of the hearings and to attend and give testimony so they know what the <br />public wants. <br /> <br />S. Nagasawa <br /> wanted to know if the results were public for those studies. Alan <br />informed her that it can be requested from Housing. <br /> <br />Sam inquired about whether the homeless stats were public information too and <br />where that information could be found. Alan stated that he didn’t know exactly <br />where the homeless stats were, but the office does keep all that stuff so it is <br />available. <br /> <br />Chris would like to see statistics on how much new housing has more accessible <br />features. There have been a lot of houses built in 16 years and how many of <br />those houses are accessible and have visitability features? Alan replied that it <br />was probably not very many. Alan liked the universal design and the visitability <br />features. <br /> <br />A. Mitchener <br /> inquired if there was any discussion about universal design with <br />the self-help housing initiative and Habitat for Humanity. According to Alan, <br />Habitat was the ones that had actually promoted it. There are training programs <br />but they are through the state, DCAB. Chris stated that some of the places like <br />HPM have building materials and designs, and they’ll help you with the features. <br />And the more people that ask for those, the more they would promote it. <br />5 <br /> <br />