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Hundreds more ‘paper leases’ for Hawaiian home lands are being awarded on Maui. Now the state must deliver
Driven by a historic $600 million allocation and the 2023 wildfires, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is making a push to award over 2,600 leases statewide by the end of the year, including over 1,200 on Maui.
Organizers waive registration fee for Hawaiian Home Lands Sovereignty Conference, June 2-4
Gov. Josh Green, whose mother-in-law died before signing up for a Hawaiian homestead award, will give a keynote address at the upcoming Hawaiian Home Lands Sovereignty Conference in Honolulu, running June 2-4.
Hawaiian Home Lands Sovereignty Conference set for June in Waikīkī
Organizers say the conference — now in its 38th year — celebrates self-governance, the homestead community and the legacy of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, who advocated for Native Hawaiian self-determination and access to ʻāina.
Homestead Hawaiians Request Legislation on Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) is partnering with the Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands (AHHL-Waitlist), both beneficiary organizations registered with the United States Department of Interior. These statewide homestead associations will work with the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in an effort to enact two administrative amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920.
Homestead nonprofit expands to Maui with addition of eight affordable housing rental units
The nonprofit Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC) added eight housing units on Maui to its housing portfolio over the last six months. The rental units (located in Wailuku, Lahaina and Kīhei) are first dedicated to wildfire impacted families over the next three years; and then to permanently affordable rental units for Maui citizens.
DHHL waitlisters to benefit from new down payment assistance program
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has partnered with homestead nonprofit, Hawaiian Lending & Investments, to provide direct assistance to beneficiaries looking to construct, or purchase, a home on Hawaiian Home Lands.
$5,000 grant program to help Maui families replace vehicles destroyed in wildfire
The program is dedicated to Native Hawaiian families that experienced transportation loss due to the Maui wildfires in August 2023. The program provides vehicle financing with deferred payments for 12 months and a one time grant of up to $5,000 to replace a vehicle lost in the fires.
Homestead leaders elect new governing council chair
The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) elected KipuKai Kualii, a waitlist native Hawaiian from Kauaʻi to chair the SCHHA Governing Council. The council expressed aloha and gratitude to its departing chairperson of the last eight years, Robin Puanani Danner.
Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations hosts Zoom for claimants
The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) hosts a regular, monthly Talk Story Zoom session with the Kalima Case lawyers tonight, Jan. 3, 2023, starting at 5 p.m.
Hawaiian Homestead nonprofit purchases apartments to maintain affordability
A Hawaiian homestead nonprofit governed by enrolled members of the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead purchased a 6-unit apartment property in downtown Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi.
Hawaiians Waiting for Homestead Award Add One Off-Island Board Seat
At its last regular board meeting, the Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands added one board seat to represent the interests of Hawaiians on the waitlist for a land award but living on the US continent.
Hawaiian Homestead Nonprofit Issues Food Sovereignty Grants
The Homestead Community Development Corporation nonprofit, dedicated to Hawaiian Home Land areas statewide, has issued food sovereignty grants to over 18 families so far in the second quarter of 2021, with an expected 40 additional grants to be made to families on all islands over the next year.
