In the News
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands “In the News”
2020
HCC Decision to Defer DHHL Loan Payments Amid COVID-19 Emergency
Lahaina News (April 2) – Hawaiian Homes Commission approves DHHL loan deferral
Star-Advertiser (March 26) – Hawaiian Homes OKs loan deferral
Big Island Now (March 26) – Loan Forbearance for DHHL Mortgages Available
Maui Now (March 26) – Hawaiian Homes Commission Approves DHHL Loan Deferral
Big Island Video News (March 25) – VIDEO: Hawaiian Homes Loan Payments Deferred For 6 Months
DHHL and COVID-19 Impacts
Sandwich Isles Communications
Hawaii Public Radio (March 10) – Lawmakers Concerned Homesteaders Could Bear Brunt of Telecom Fiasco
Star-Advertiser (March 7) – Companies started by Albert Hee being liquidated
Pūlehunui Wastewater IFB
The Maui News (March 17) – DHHL seeks bids to build wastewater project in Pulehunui
Maui Now (March 8) – Invitation For Bid Issued for Wastewater System in Pūlehunui
MAUIWatch (March 6) – DHHL Issues IFB for Development of Wastewater System in Pūlehunui, Maui
NHLC Lawsuit – Mauna Kea Access Road
Hawai`i Tribune-Herald (Feb. 15) – State AG responds to lawsuit
Hawai`i Public Radio (Feb. 14) – Hawaiian Homes Beneficiaries Sue State Over Mauna Kea Access Road
Star-Advertiser (Feb. 14) – Hawaiians sue state over use of Mauna Kea Access Road
West Hawaii Today (Feb. 14) – Lawsuit questions state’s authority over Maunakea Access Road
HNN (Feb. 13) – On Air – Hawaiian Beneficiaries Sue State Over Rent
KITV (Feb. 13) – On Air – Mauna Kea Access Road NHLC Lawsuit
Big Island Video News (Feb. 13) – Breach Of Trust Lawsuit Filed Over Mauna Kea Access Road
Star-Advertiser (Feb. 13) – Lawsuit Alleges State Misuse of Maunakea Access Road
Hawai`i Tribune-Herald (Feb. 13) – State sued for misuse of Maunakea Access Road
HNN (Feb. 13) – Suit: State owes Homelands beneficiaries decades of back rent for Mauna Kea road
Chair William Aila, Deputy Tyler Gomes State Senate Confirmation
Star-Advertiser (Feb. 11) – Expanded Story – Aila confirmed as head of DHHL
HNN (Feb. 10) – On Air 6:30 p.m. – State Senate Confirms William Aila
KITV (Feb. 10) – On Air 6 p.m. – State Senate Confirms Aila as DHHL Chair
Star-Advertiser (Feb. 10) – State Senate confirms William Aila as Hawaiian Home Lands chairman
Maku`u
KITV (Feb. 8) – On Air 6 p.m. – DHHL Addresses Abandoned Vehicles in Maku`u
KITV (Feb. 8) – On Air 6 a.m.- DHHL Addresses Abandoned Vehicles in Maku`u
Big Island Now (Feb. 8) – DHHL to Address Piles of Abandoned Vehicles in Puna
KHON (Feb. 7) – On Air 5 p.m. -DHHL Addresses Abandoned Vehicles in Maku`u
KHON (Feb. 7) – On Air 4 p.m. -DHHL Addresses Abandoned Vehicles in Maku`u
Big Island Video News (Feb. 7) – DHHL Takes on Abandoned Vehicles in Maku`u
Maui Now (Feb. 7) – Abandoned Vehicles on Hawaiian Homelands Prompts Statewide Action
Habitat for Humanity Maui – Kuailani ʻohana
The Maui News (Feb. 6) – DHHL, Habitat help Kuailani’s get home
KITV (Feb. 6) – Maui family now has keys to their new home thanks to Habitat for Humanity, DHHL
MAUIWatch (Feb. 5) – DHHL, Habitat Partnership Completes Maui Home
Hawaii News Now (Feb. 5) – On Air – Kula Family Gets Keys to New Home
KITV (Feb. 5) – On Air – Kuailani Family Gets Keys to New Home
Mōʻiliʻili
Associated Press (Jan. 29) – Hawaiian Home Lands to buy $8M in property for development
Star-Advertiser (Jan. 29) – DHHL buys vacant apartments for beneficiaries
Hawaii News Now (Jan. 28) – DHHL buys Moiliili property from Kamehameha Schools for $7.8M
KHON (Jan. 28) – Department of Hawaiian Homelands to purchase property from Kamehameha Schools
Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs
Star-Advertiser (Jan. 31) – Aila gets initial OK as DHHL chief
Honolulu Civil Beat (Jan. 30) – Committee: Full Senate Should Confirm Aila As DHHL Director
Star-Advertiser (Jan. 24) – DHHL chief nominee draws disagreement
Senate Ways and Means Committee
Hawaii Public Radio (Jan. 13) – Hawaiian Homes Says It Needs $43M to Develop More Lots
Kealakehe
West Hawai`i Today (Jan. 9) – DHHL Looking to Build Homes in Kealakehe
Other News
West Hawai`i Today (Feb. 15) – Maunakea debris raise concern, again
Hawaii Tribune-Herald (Feb. 15) – Concerns raised about Maunakea debris
The Maui News (Feb. 10) – McKelvey introduces bill, Lahaina still short lots
Civil Beat (Feb. 7) -State Lawmakers Are Weighing A Slate of Bills That Affect Native Hawaiians
The Garden Island (Jan. 30 ) – County backs Hawaiian homesteaders
Civil Beat (Jan. 29) – Kauai: Council Weighs Resolution To Fix DHHL Mortgage Programs
Hawaii Public Radio (Jan. 14) – Hawaiian Homes Says It Needs $43M to Develop More Lots
Editorials
Ka Wai Ola Column (`O Ka Nuhou `Aina Ho`opulapula)
April – Subsistence Agriculture on the Horizon for DHHL Beneficiaries
March – Real Estate Purchase to Provide Added Opportunity
February – DHHL to Build 1,300 Lots Over Next Five Years
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