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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-31

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation created by chapter 201H. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • Development tract: means a single contiguous area of real property not less than five acres in size which has been developed and subdivided into residential lots, including residential lots which may have been converted to fee simple and streets and roadways developed as an integral part of the development tract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • Lease: means a conveyance of land or an interest in land, by a fee simple owner as lessor, or by a lessee or sublessee as sublessor, to any person, in consideration of a return of rent or other recompense, for a term, measured from the initial date of the conveyance, twenty years or more (including any periods for which the lease may be extended or renewed at the option of the lessee). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC

The Hawaii housing finance and development corporation may lease any of the residential lots in a development tract at lease rentals and upon terms and conditions as it may determine. The leases shall be subject to all of the rights of lessees enumerated in part III. The corporation, in its discretion, may utilize any of the residential lots and rent out the same for periods of twenty years or less for the purposes set forth in chapter 201H, or for any other purpose, all upon terms and conditions as the corporation may determine.