[§356D-144]  Powers and duties.  (a) 
The authority may contract with private sector agencies to carry out the duties
and responsibilities of the program.



Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,
any contracts entered into by the authority with a private sector agency
pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to chapters 76 and 89.



(b)  The duties of the authority or contracted
agency shall include:



(1)  Carrying out the requirements of the Hale Kokua
program under this subpart;



(2)  Developing and adopting the requirements,
eligibility, registration, background check, initial screening procedures, and
procedures for follow-up after placement to determine the ability to make
rental payments and the need for social services and referrals for homeless
families and individuals to qualify them as tenants under this program;



(3)  Developing and adopting the requirements,
qualifications, and registration procedures for property owners who provide
rental housing to qualified homeless tenants; provided that priority shall be
given to those not requesting construction grants;



(4)  Developing appropriate procedures to address
potential liabilities of the State;



(5)  Adopting procedures to place qualified homeless
tenants with property owners participating in the program.  Participating
property owners shall interview and make final tenant selection from lists of
prospective tenants compiled by the authority or the contracted agency;



(6)  Establishing the procedures and requirements for
the disbursement of building improvement grants and rental subsidies and the
amounts thereof to property owners participating in the program;



(7)  Working with the counties to develop and propose
uniform incentives to encourage and facilitate the participation of property owners,
including real property tax waivers or reductions, and exemptions in zoning or
building code requirements which shall be conditioned on participation in the
program and which shall lapse when program participation ends;



(8)  Monitoring the financial status and progress of
homeless tenants and cooperating with other agencies in establishing and
coordinating job training and other programs to help tenants to progress toward
self-sufficiency;



(9)  Promoting and assisting in the development of
employer-employee relationships between homeless tenants and participating
property owners, including but not limited to tenant caretaker, housekeeper, or
groundskeeper employment situations;



(10)  Working towards securing financial, in-kind, and
administrative assistance from law enforcement and other state and county
agencies and the private sector to implement the program;



(11)  Working towards securing funding assistance from
federal agencies and programs involved in housing development, job-training, or
homeless assistance;



(12)  Monitoring the progress of the Hale Kokua
program, and collecting annual statistics showing the numbers of homeless
people, homeless families, and homeless children, using appropriate measurement
systems; and



(13)  Preparing recommendations to improve and expand
the program, including but not limited to incentives for participating property
owners to sign up for additional terms. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]