In the News – 2023
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands “In the News”
2023
Star-Advertiser (January 21) – Hawaiian Home Lands pushes home construction; lawmakers push back
Star-Advertiser Editorial Board “Our View” (January 21) – Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ deadline problem
Hawaii Public Radio (January 20) – Ikaika Anderson, Green’s pick to lead DHHL, on fulfilling $600M spending plan
The Maui News (January 19) – US military returns over 363 Molokai acres to state
Hawaii Public Radio (January 18) – Over 350 acres of land on Molokaʻi returned to Native Hawaiians
Stat-Advertiser (January 18) – Hawaiian Home Lands seeks extension to spending deadline
Civil Beat (January 17) – DHHL Chair: New Proposal Won’t ‘Blow Up’ $600 Million Spending Plan
Big Island Now (January 16) – U.S. Air Force returns 363 acres on Molokaʻi to Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Associated Press (January 13) – US military returns land on Molokai Island to Hawaii
Civil Beat (February 22) – Green Appoints Developer Kali Watson To Lead DHHL
Big Island Now (February 22) – Kali Watson nominated to reprise leadership at Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Civil Beat (March 2) – New DHHL Director Aims To Speed Up The Development Of Homestead Lots
Civil Beat (March 17) – Cops Have Jurisdiction On Homelands, But DHHL Says Policing Is Patchy
Civil Beat (March 28) – Tiny Homes Proposed For DHHL Lands In West O’ahu
Maui Now (May 24) – Groundbreaking of infrastructure for planned Puʻunani subdivision provides hope for Maui DHHL waitlist beneficiaries
The Maui News (May 25) – 161-lot homestead project in Waikapu breaks ground
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (June 2) – ʻHouse the Hawaiiansʻ: DHHL leader’s plan to buy land with $600M budget
Hawaiʻi Tribune Herald (June 3) – DHHL buying land to speed up new homesteads in Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi News Now (July 10) – DHHL project breaks ground in West Oahu as part of push to ease housing crisis
KITV4 Island News (July 11) – DHHL breaks ground on new development
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (July 11) – DHHL holds groundbreaking ceremony for East Kapolei housing developments
Maui Now (July 16) – DHHL breaks ground on Kaʻuluokahaʻi Increment II-C in East Kapolei, Oʻahu
Hawaiʻi News Now (July 26) – Former site of Stadium Bowl-o-Drome will be new home for DHHLʻs first rental project
Hawaiʻi News Now (July 28) – High-rise Hawaiian Home Lands project could be first of many, but not everyone is on board
KITV4 Island News (August 1) – Department of Hawaiian Home Lands struggling to fill dozens of vacancies
Big Island Video News (August 2) – First Hawaiian Homes Subsistence-Ag Leases Awarded In Panaʻewa
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (August 8) – HUD Invests Over $21 Million for Native Hawaiian Housing
Kauaʻi Now (August 24) – DHHL breaks ground on Hanapēpē Phase II; 82 new homes to be created by 2024
KITV4 Island News (August 24) – Department of Hawaiian Home Lands breaking ground on Kauaʻi
The Garden Island (August 29) – Ground broken for homes for Hawaiians in Hanapēpē
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (September 8) – DHHL’s Kali Watson lays out plans for future housing with state’s $600M allotment
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (October 2) – DHHL says $600M isnʻt enough to complete housing for waitlisted Native Hawaiians
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (October 24) – DHHL proposes 10 legislative measures to reduce its housing waitlist. Here are the takeaways
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (September 11) – Only 2 Hawaiian Homestead houses near Lāhainā were scathed by the wildfires