#affordable housing

The money, coming from Hawai‘i County’s Affordable Housing Production Program, is part of the program’s grant awards for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Residents at an apartment complex in Pepe‘ekeo were evacuated Monday night after a fire broke out in one of the units.

Nonprofit developer Pacific Housing Assistance Corporation, through property manager Indigo Real Estate Services, will accept applications for both project-based voucher and non-project-based voucher units at Nā Hale Makoa till Nov. 17.

The program provides rental assistance to eligible low-income individuals and families, allowing them to rent safe, decent, and affordable housing in the private market.

At trial, the evidence showed that the attorneys and a private businessman paid bribes and kickbacks to a housing specialist for the Hawai‘i County Office of Housing and Community Development, in exchange for the county employee using his position to ensure the county approved three affordable housing agreements benefitting the defendants’ development companies.

All applicants must complete the grant application form that can also be accessed on the How to Apply section of the Nareit Hawaiʻi website by 5 p.m. Friday, June 13.

Hale O Hawaiʻi County is working to secure and preserve a permanent supply of affordable houses for working families of Hawaiʻi County.

With help from the Oak Foundation Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Hope Services Hawai‘i secured Kani Le‘a apartment complex for $2.7 million.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs helps to make home ownership possible with a mortgage program offering a low down payment option, a below market interest rate, and a no mortgage insurance requirement.

Last year, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands announced plans to purchase the Courtyards at Waipouli, which will force current tenants to find a new place to live.

Kauhale I Ke Kula Uka offers 99 affordable housing units for families earning up to 60% of area median income.

Nā Hale Makoa is designed to serve households earning up to 140% of area median income, with 139 units of 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms. Construction is expected to take a little more than a year, with applications to be accepted likely starting about September 2025.

The supplemental budget bill, House Bill 1800, for fiscal year 2025 represents an increase of more than $480 million, with significant funding going to key state priorities.

The funding comes from a new grant program based on U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz’s “Yes In My Backyard” legislation.

The newest gift by the Benioffs adds to the 282 acres they previously donated to Hawai‘i Island Community Development Corporation in December 2023.

Bridging The Gap, a coalition of agencies working to end homelessness on the neighbor islands, presented the results of the 2024 Homeless Point in Time Count last week.

Thirteen Big Island residents graduated the Hawai‘i Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund apprenticeship program last Saturday.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., highlighted the achievements of the 2024 legislative session to unlock more affordable housing across the state in a ceremony at the State Capitol. Green underscored the collaborative efforts behind several significant bills aimed at addressing the state’s housing crisis. 

UHERO reported high interest rates, high prices and low supply have continued to keep housing extremely unaffordable.

Gov. Josh Green touts Senate Bill 2919 as pivotal tool to address the state’s housing crisis and ensures counties can guide their future development, but opponents say it does not address the true causes of Hawai’i’s housing shortage.