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• Domestic Violence Survivors and the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code

  This brochure provides information about the rights of tenants who are survivors of domestic violence under the Hawaii Residential Landlord-Tenant Code. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Know Your Rights: Sexual Harassment in Housing

  Have you experienced unwanted touching, unwanted sexual advances, sexual jokes, comments, or gestures in your rental housing? Fair housing laws may help you. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Learn about Tenant Rights and Responsibilities

  This handout provides an overview of the various types of housing in Hawaii and the rights of tenants in each housing type. It also provides information on how to avoid problems that may lead to the loss of a family’s housing or housing subsidy. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Residential Landlord-Tenant Handbook

  This Handbook for the Hawaii Residential Landlord-Tenant Code is designed to be a useful guide for all Hawaii residents and attempts to address the questions and concerns most frequently expressed by landlords and tenants. Read More

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  Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs

• Tenant Rights: How to get Money Damages if your Landlord Locks you out Illegally

  This self-help packet will show you how to ask the court for damages if your landlord has illegally locked you out of your unit. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Tenant Rights: How to Get Money Damages If Your Landlord Shuts Off Your Utilities Illegally

  This self-help packet will show you how to ask the court for damages if your landlord has illegally shut off your utilities. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Tenant Rights: How To Stop Your Landlord From Locking You Out Illegally

  This self-help packet will teach you how to file a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) Against An Illegal Lockout. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Tenant Rights: How to Stop your Landlord from Shutting off your Utilities Illegally

  This self-help packet will teach you how to file a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) Against An Illegal Utility Shut-off. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Tenant Rights: Repair and Deduct - What To Do If Your Home Needs Repairs

  This brochure describes what you need to do to get your home repaired and livable based on your rights under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Your Rights as a Section 8 Tenant

  What you need to do as a Section 8 Tenant (project-based and voucher) - rules, rights, and information. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Your Rights to Fair Housing

  The Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination when they are renting, buying, or securing financing for any housing The prohibitions specifically cover discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability and the presence of children. Read More

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  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development