Housing Laws

Whether or not the other people who live with you will be allowed to stay may depend on who signed the rental agreement.

If you are the only tenant who signed the rental agreement, and you were the victim of domestic violence: The rental agreement will end on the early termination date.¹

If more than one tenant signed the rental agreement: It will be up to the landlord whether or not everybody else has to move too. Tenants who want to stay must prove to the landlord that they can pay the rent listed in the rental agreement without you.  

If the landlord decides that the remaining tenants make enough to cover the rent, the rental agreement can continue without you.

If the landlord decides that the remaining tenants can’t pay the rent without you, the landlord can decide to end the rental agreement for everybody. If that happens, the landlord has to give the other tenants at least 14 days of notice. S/he can’t charge them any fees or penalties for ending the rental agreement early. However, they will still have to pay any money they already owe the landlord, which includes paying rent until the early termination date. All tenants who are leaving must pay the landlord the total amount they owe under the current rental agreement on or before the early termination date.²

¹ Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-80(b)
² Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-80(c)