Section HPHA-RS-31 - Rent supplement payments(a) The authority or its provider agency shall pay directly to the housing owner, or authorized representative, on behalf of a tenant, a monthly amount which is the difference between the established monthly rent for the tenant's dwelling unit and the tenant's allocable share of rent as established in section HPHA-RS-32 below; provided that the authority or its provider agency shall not make any initial monthly payments that exceed $1,000 on behalf of any tenant.(b) Rent supplement payments will be made on behalf of a tenant for the period that the rental unit is occupied; except that if the tenant vacates the dwelling unit without proper notice, rent supplement payments will be continued to the time that the rental agreement could legally be terminated or to the date that the unit is re-rented, or to the last day of the month that the tenant vacated the unit and rent supplement payment was already made, whichever comes first.(c) Initial monthly payments of up to $1,000 shall be reduced to regular monthly payments of no more than $500 on behalf of any tenant after six months of initial placement into a dwelling unit.Haw. Code R. § HPHA-RS-31