Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 36, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 2019 — DHHL Beneficiaries Offered Vacant Lots in Kapolei [ARTICLE]

DHHL Beneficiaries Offered Vacant Lots in Kapolei

Beneficiary families gathered at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) headquarters on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 for a ehanee at being selected as one of the 23 to receive a vacant lot within the Department's Ka'uluokaha'i Subdivision located east of Kapolei Parkway near the Salvation Army Kroc Center. Offers were made to applicants from DHHL's wait list through

1985 and Ka'uluokaha'i Undivided Interest lessees. Twenty-six families prequalified for the selection following an orientation held in September. "Today is a very happy day," said Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Aila, Jr. "The vacant lot program allows the opportunity to build what beneficiaries want and to seek resources beyond what the Department has available - contractors and skilled family and friends - to ultimately build what they want and what they ean afford." DHHL's vacant lot offer is among a variety of offerings provided to beneftciaries, the product is unique in that it allows a family to select and construct a home that best fits its needs. The Ka'uluokaha'i award is the fourth lot selection since June, and is among 395 planned for 2019. Over 1,300 lots are in the Department's production pipeline for the next five years.