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7.0 APPLICATION PROCESSING PROCEDURES 7.1 APPLICATION PERIODS a. Applications will be available and accepted for processing on a year-round basis while funds are available for RRP Loans. Applications will be available and accepted for a waiting list when funds are depleted and the agency anticipates additional funding. 7.2 APPLICATION LOCATION a. Applications may be picked up or mailed from the OHCD. Applications can also be found on-line at www.hawaiicounty.gov/office-of-housing. Applications shall be submitted at the OHCD. 7.3 APPLICANT SELECTION AND PRIORITY a. Applicant Selection: Applicants shall be processed for eligibility in the order of the receipt (time stamp) of their completed applications at the OHCD. Any applicant may advance ahead of another applicant on the selection list if all income and asset verification documentation are received by the OHCD before that of another applicant. b. Application Priority: Priority shall be given to an applicant residing in an area that has been declared a disaster area by the President, Governor, Mayor or, in his absence, the Civil Defense Administrator to be a hazard or threat to the applicant’s health, safety or welfare, resulting from a natural disaster. c. Availability of Funds: The sources of funding for the RRP are federal grants provided to the County. The County periodically estimates the number and amount of loan funds needed for the RRP and schedules funds to be available when the need is anticipated. However, the County cannot guarantee funds will be available when a rehabilitation loan is approved. d. Waiting List: The OHCD shall maintain a list of approved loan applicants in order of the date the loan was approved. Whenever all available funds have been committed to approve loan applicants for approved loans, the next approved loan applicant on the list shall wait until additional funds are made available to fund their loan. If one full year elapses from the 7019RBLA -26- RRP RULES/07-07-2016