June 6, 2014 Aloha, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) announced that the Hawai‘i State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) has been approved to receive a Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant (NHHBG) totaling $9.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA). These funds can be used for a variety of eligible affordable housing activities, including new construction, acquisition, modernization or rehabilitation of rental or owner occupied housing, housing services, crime prevention, safety, or model activities as described in the recipients Native Hawaiian Housing Plan. DHHL says it will use the $9.7 million for projects in Kona and Keaukaha on Hawai‘i island; Kalama‘ula on Moloka‘i; Waimanalo on O‘ahu; and Anahola on Kaua‘i. DHHL’s priority is to deploy a portion of the resources for homeowner and developer financing for various sweat equity, home repair, turnkey, and rentals-with-option-to-purchase projects in communities statewide. DHHL will also expend NAHASDA resources allocated this fiscal year for infrastructure development in East Kapolei, O‘ahu for 50 single-family units. To qualify for a NHHBG, DHHL is required to submit proposed activities in an annual Native Hawaiian Housing Plan to HUD for review. Grant funds are then made available to DHHL by HUD to be used in accordance with the housing plan. For more information regarding this announcement please feel free to call our office at (808)-523-2061. Mahalo, Kim Yoshimoto Director of External Affairs Office of Senator Brian Schatz
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 19:09:48 +0000