Media Releases

Receipt of the licenses mean the Department now has permission to utilize a portion of the 2.5 GHz band to deliver wireless broadband to rural homestead communities on Kauai and in Maui County.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has announced the availability of $1,000,000 in grants as part of the Native Hawaiian Development Program Plan.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, in coordination with the County of Hawaiʻi, has begun on-the-ground efforts to remove intentionally abandoned vehicles and tires on three parcels of agricultural homestead lots in Makuʻu, Hawaiʻi Island.

The solicitation for legislative proposals went public in July. The Department received 29 proposals and after DHHL consideration, 13 of those draft proposals have been selected for proposed inclusion in the Department’s legislative package.

The Hawaiian Homes Commission has approved the continuance of postponement of mortgage loan payments for all Department of Hawaiian Home Lands direct loans and loans assigned to the Department for an additional three-month period, effective with the October 2020 payment.