§171-75  Persons disqualified to takeresidential leases.  No person shall be qualified to take a residentiallease under this part who, or whose husband or wife, or both of them:

(1)  Has previously taken from or held under theTerritory or State any certificate of occupation, right of purchase lease, cashfreehold agreement, special homestead agreement or homestead lease, or patentbased on any of the foregoing, or has previously taken residential lease orpatent or deed to any residential lot under this part; provided that a personwho has previously taken from or held under the Territory or State or underthis part any such certificate, lease, agreement, patent, or deed to any landshall not be disqualified, if the person has been displaced at any time fromthe land by governmental authority for any public purpose or by reason of anynatural disaster;

(2)  Owns other land in the State suitable forresidential use;

(3)  Owns other land not suitable for residential useif the value thereof exceeds the value of the residence lot applied for;

(4)  Is the lessee under a lease having an unexpiredterm of more than five years of other land in the State suitable forresidential use and which lease does not prohibit the lessee from using theland for such purposes;

(5)  Had voluntarily sold or otherwise disposed of,within one year prior to the filing of the person's application, any land orlease described in (2), (3) and (4). [L 1962, c 32, pt of §2; Supp, §103A-71;HRS §171-75; gen ch 1985]