Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Ailā, Jr. issued a statement following Gov. Ige’s signing of HB2511 into law as Act 279. The measure appropriates $600 million to serve beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.
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The Hawaiian Homes Commission adopted Resolution No. 306 honoring Commissioner David Kaʻapu’s service to the beneficiary community at its Monday, June 20, 2022 regular meeting.
Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Ailā, Jr. issued a statement on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s announcement of a $22.3 million Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant to support the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
“While the recent legislative session and the infusion of funding is historic for the Department, the everyday work of enacting good public policy continued as well,” said Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Ailā, Jr. “We made great strides this session with infrastructure maintenance, cesspool upgrades and enforcement on Hawaiian Home Lands. All measures that will improve the overall lives of the beneficiary community.”
Improvements by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to an existing County of Hawaiʻi Department of Water Supply system in Kaʻu will soon connect Pastoral homestead lessees in the Kamaoa Homestead to water service.