Media Releases

La'i'Opua 2020 Breaks Ground on Construction of New Community Center New Market Tax Credits to help finance Construction of Phase 1   KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII - On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the La‘i‘Ōpua 2020 Board of Directors including Executive Director Bo...

Native Hawaiian Families in Affordable Housing Pilot Project Sign Homestead Leases After 15 Years of Renting Hawaiian Homes' Partnership with Mark Development produces another 19 homeowners   KAPOLEI, OʻAHU - The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' (DHHL) affordable housing pilot...

WAIMĀNALO, OʻAHU - The future homestead lots for 15 native Hawaiian ʻohana were blessed this morning in the new homestead community of Kakaʻina in Waimānalo, Oʻahu. Today’s ground blessing ceremony marks the beginning of home construction in Kakaʻina and lays...

KEALAKEHE, HAWAI'I - 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...

Kauaʻi Welcomes First Hawaiian Homesteaders of 2017 ANAHOLA, KAUAʻI – Kauaʻi welcomed the first Hawaiian homesteaders of 2017 into its Pi’ilani Mai Ke Kai community in Anahola this past weekend. These 20 homestead ʻohana joined the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and dignitaries...