Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Ailā, Jr. has issued a statement on the Commission on Water Resource Management’s unanimous decision to accept the Department of Hawaiian Home Land’s Water Use Permit Application, which increases the Department’s Hoʻolehua Water System pumping allocation to 595,000 gallons per day.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is soliciting beneficiary proposed recommended legislative action requests for consideration in its 2022 DHHL Legislative Package.

Hawaiian Homes Commission Meeting agendas are available approximately one week in advance on the HHC Meetings page of our website.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will conduct a ceremony at its Hale Kalaniana‘ole office building in Kapolei on Friday, July 9, 2021 at 9 a.m. to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the signing of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

In a continued partnership with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is expanding the Native Hawaiian Rental & Utilities Relief Program to include all eligible Native Hawaiians living in Hawaiʻi.