Media Releases

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has broken ground on the vertical construction of 60 homes within the Villages of Laʻi ʻŌpua in Kealakehe, Hawaiʻi Island for the Department’s second Rent-With-Option-To-Purchase project.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, November 19, 2020 to mark the beginning of a $37 million capital improvement project to upgrade the 80-year-old Hoʻolehua Water System on Molokaʻi.

The Hawaiian Homes Commission has released its 2021 meeting schedule.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, in coordination with the County of Hawaiʻi, has completed the removal of 382 intentionally abandoned vehicles and approximately 700 tires on three parcels of agricultural homestead lots in Makuʻu, Hawaiʻi Island.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has published its final Environmental Assessment with a Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed Hanapēpē Homestead Community in the Waimea district of Kauaʻi.