Educating, supporting and advocating for 
self-managing rental housing providers in  Hawaii.

Rent is ultimately determined by what someone is willing to pay for your particular home in the current market.

For a housing provider, a rental property is an investment, a responsibility, and often a significant part of their financial future. For the person renting it, that same property is something else entirely. It is home. That difference matters more than we sometimes realize. A resident may have rights under Hawaii law, a written rental agreement, and established procedures that a housing provider must follow. Yet none of those things necessarily eliminate the feeling that som

A tenant moves out and you walk through the property. The carpet is worn, there are marks on the walls, a cabinet door is damaged and the refrigerator has a broken shelf. Now comes the question that can make returning a security deposit complicated: Is it normal wear and tear, or is it damage? Hawaii law makes that distinction important. Under HRS § 521-44, a housing provider may use a security deposit for certain damage caused by a tenant, but not for normal wear and tear. H