Kolio v. Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAYAMA, J.

This appeal concerns Fetu Kolio’s (Kolio) eviction from Mayor Wright Homes (Mayor Wright), a federally-subsidized public housing project, which is owned and operated by Hawai'i Public Housing Authority (HPHA). While living at Mayor Wright, Kolio served as the president of the Mayor Wright Homes Tenant Association (Association) and misappropriated approximately $1,400 in Association funds. He later pled guilty to second degree theft. HPHA evicted Kolio from Mayor Wright, alleging that Kolio’s theft of Association funds violated a term in his lease that…