Section 15-185-25 - Local preferences(a) Eligible applicants shall be given preference for certification in the program in the order of the dates of their applications if, at the time they are seeking housing assistance, they fall within the following preference categories: (1) The following preferences shall be given first priority but have equal weight within this group: (A) Involuntarily displaced;(B) Victims of domestic violence; or(2) The following preferences shall be given. second priority but have equal weight within this group: (A) Living in substandard housing; or(B) Paying more than fifty per cent of annual income for rent.(3) The following are other preferences that have equal weight: (A) Working families and those unable to work because of age or disability;(B) veterans and veterans' surviving spouse;(C) Residents who live or work in the jurisdiction (by county); or(D) Victims of re-prisals or hate crimes.(b) Each preference in each priority group is of equal weight and an applicant who qualifies for any of the preferences shall receive assistance before any other applicant who is not so qualified regardless of: (1) Place on the waiting list; or(2) Date or time of submission of an application.(c) An applicant who is an elderly, disabled or displaced family with up to two members in the household shall be given preference over all other single applicants, regardless of the other single applicant's local preference.(d) An applicant shall not receive preference if any adult member of the applicant family is a person who was evicted or terminated from any housing program operated by the corporation during the past three years because of drug-related criminal activities unless the adult member has successfully completed a rehabilitation pro ram approved by the corporation.[Eff DEC 03 2001] (Auth: HRS § 201G-15) (Imp: HRS § 201G-15; 24 C.F.R. §§ 5.405, 5.410, 5.415, 5.420, 5.425, 5.430, and 982.207)