On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the La‘i‘Ōpua 2020 Board of Directors including Executive Director Bo Kahui along with Kahu Iris Kunewa, dignitaries, representatives, contractors, engineers and friends of the Villages of La‘i‘Ōpua celebrated the groundbreaking for the building of their community center in North Kona.
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' (DHHL) affordable housing pilot project successfully converted another 19 Hawaiian Homestead families from renters to homeowners.
The future homestead lots for 15 native Hawaiian ʻohana were blessed this morning in the new homestead community of Kakaʻina in Waimānalo, Oʻahu.
La'i'Opua 2020 recently completed its New Market Tax Credit financing for the construction of the initial 3,000 square foot phase 1 construction of the 13,000 square foot community center facility.
These 20 homestead ʻohana joined the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and dignitaries at a lot selection ceremony Saturday, January 21, 2017 at King Kaumuali’i Elementary School Cafeteria in Hanamaulu.