releases: http://www.schatz.senate.gov/press-releases/schatz-hawaii-set-to-receive-more-than-3-million-in-federal-funding-to-help-low-income-families-elderly-disabled-make-rent-during-covid-19-pandemic
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| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
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| http://www.schatz.senate.gov/press-releases/schatz-hawaii-set-to-receive-more-than-3-million-in-federal-funding-to-help-low-income-families-elderly-disabled-make-rent-during-covid-19-pandemic | Schatz: Hawaii Set To Receive More Than $3 Million In Federal Funding To Help Low Income Families, Elderly, Disabled Make Rent During Covid-19 Pandemic | 2020-08-10 | 2020 | 2020-08 | Democrat | House | HI | Brian Schatz | S001194 | www.schatz.senate.gov | legacy | Schatz: Hawaii Set To Receive More Than $3 Million In Federal Funding To Help Low Income Families, Elderly, Disabled Make Rent During Covid-19 Pandemic New Funding Will Help Cover Rent For Existing HCV Recipients Who Have Lost Their Job Monday, August 10, 2020 HONOLULU Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced that Hawaii will receive $3,004,369 in new federal funding to cover the increased costs associated with the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This grant will allow counties to increase the rent subsidies to low income, elderly, and disabled residents currently receiving HCV assistance who have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic. Families should not have to worry about being evicted in the midst of a public health emergency, said Senator Schatz, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. This grant will help some of our most vulnerable residents make rent and stay in their homes while we ride out this pandemic. The HCV program provides federal dollars to help subsidize rent payments for about 16,500 low income, elderly, and disabled voucher holders in Hawaii. These subsidies cover up to 70 percent of a recipient's rent.However, some beneficiaries of the program have recently lost their job because of the pandemic and can no longer afford to pay their share of rent after the subsidy. This surge in unemployment has resulted in rising rental costs for public housing authorities and this grant will cover the increase in subsidies as well as cover increased administrative costs. This funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and was authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The total allocated to each public housing authority is below: Hawaii Public Housing Authority: $707,968 County of Hawaii: $538,316 City and County of Honolulu: $1,126,482 County of Maui: $423,813 Kauai County Housing Agency: $207,790 ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |