Aguiar v. Hawaii Housing Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

In this appeal we must determine whether the Hawaii Housing Authority (HHA) is required to follow the rule-making procedures of the Hawaii Administrative Procedure Act (HAPA) 1 in adopting regulations which set forth maximum income limits for continued occupancy by tenants in federally-funded public housing administered by the HHA and which establish a schedule for rents which tenants must pay for that housing. In addition, we must decide whether the due process clauses of the federal and state constitutions 2 compel the HHA to afford adjudicatory hearings…