Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 37, Number 2, 1 February 2020 — E Kūkulu Ana 'O DHHL i 1,300 DHHL to Build 1,300 Lots Pā Hale i Loko O Nā Makahiki Over the Next Five Years 'Elima e Hiki Mai Ana [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

E Kūkulu Ana 'O DHHL i 1,300 DHHL to Build 1,300 Lots Pā Hale i Loko O Nā Makahiki Over the Next Five Years

'Elima e Hiki Mai Ana

Na Cedric Duarte

Unihi 'ia e kō OHA Paia Kāne

DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS Nui ka mahalo o ke Ke'ena o ka 'Āina Ho'opulapula i ka pa'i 'ia o ka mo'olelo ma Ka Wai Ola 2020. He kolamu hou kēia, i kākau 'ia e ke ke'ena Information and Community Relations, e kūkala ai ka nūhou a ke Ke'ena Ho'opulapula 'Āina (DHHL) i nā mea ho'okahu 'ia i kēlā me kēia mahina. Me 1,300 'āpana 'āina e hā'awi aku ai ma nā makahiki 'elima e hiki mai ana e ke Ke'ena, makemake 'o DHHL e ho'olauna aku i kēia kolamu ma o ka hō'ike 'ana i ke ko'iko'i o ka hō'ano hou 'ana i ka 'ikepili ho'oka'a'ike. Ho'oka'a'ike wale 'ia ka hā'awina 'āina i nā mea ho'okahu 'ia ma o ka 'Oihana Leka o 'Amelike Hui Pū 'Ia. 'O nā kānaka ho'okahu 'ia nele i ka loa'a 'ole o ka 'ikepili ho'oka'a'ike i hō'ano hou me ke Ke'ena, 'a'ole ana hiki ke ho'oka'a'ike 'ia ka loa'a o ka ha'awina 'āina. Uane'e 'oe? 'A'oleilohemaikeKe'ena? Hiki wale iā mākou ke ho'oka'a'ike me 'oe inā loa'a iā mākou kou 'ikepili ho'oka'a'ike. E ho'omakakoho i ka hō'ano hou 'ana i kou 'ikepili helu wahi me DHHL ma ke kelepona 'ana mai iā mākou a e hō'oia i ka poloei o kou helu wahi. 'O nā 'āpana 'āina e ho'olako 'ia aku ana ma nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, he la'ana ia o kō ka DHHL kūpa'a i ka ho'olako aku he mo'olako o nā 'āpana 'āina 'oko'a no nā kānaka ho'okahu 'ia, i mea e ho'onui a'e ai i ka heluna o nā kānaka 'ōiwi Hawai'i ma luna o ka 'āina ho'opulapula. I loko nō o ka ho'olako 'ia mai o nā 'āpana 'āina i lako i ka hale hou, kekahi mea i make'e nui 'ia e nā mea ho'okahu 'ia no kekahi mau makahiki, ua lohe 'ia e ke Ke'ena i ka make'e i 'āpana 'āina hale 'ole i mea e hiki ai i nā mea ho'okahu 'ia ke koho i ka hale

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e pono ai lākou. Mali'a he hale 'u'uku a i 'ole he hale no ka 'ohana he mau hanauna, a i hiki ke 'oko'a ho'i nā ala e uku ai, e la'a me ka "self-help" a me ka hana pū 'ana me ka 'oihana 'auhau 'ole. I ka makahiki 2019, ua ho'omaka ke ke'ena e ho'olako i ia 'ano 'āpana 'āina ma Kapolei, O'ahu; Waimānalo, O'ahu; a ma Lāna'i. Me ka 'i'ini e ho'onui a'e i ka 'oko'a o nā 'āpana 'āina e hā'awi 'ia ana i nā kānaka e kali nei ma ka papa inoa, ke ho'omākaukau pū nei ke Ke'ena e hā'awi aku i nā 'āpana Subsistence Agricultural ma O'ahu, Maui, a me Hawai'i. 'Oi aku ka li'ili'i o ia mau 'āpana ma mua o nā 'āpana mahi'ai ma'amau i hā'awi mua 'ia e DHHL a 'oi aku ke emi o nā mea e koi nei. 'O nā mea ho'okahu 'ia i hā'awi 'ia ia mau 'āpana he ho'okahi a 'ekolu 'eka e hiki ana iā lākou ke mahi'ai i mea e kāko'o ai i kō lākou 'ohana a kaiaulu ho'i me ka loa'a 'ole o nā palapala ho'olālā mahi'ai. Ke ho'olālā 'ia nei kekahi koho noho kauhale ma O'ahu a me kekahi koho ho'olimalima a kū'ai ma Kailua-Kona ma Hawai'i mokupuni, i mea e ho'onui a'e ai i nā koho. Makemake e hō 'oia i ke kūlana o kou helu wahi? E kelepona iā DHHL ma (808) 6209500 i mea e hō'oia'i'o ai i ka pololei o kou helu wahi. Hau'oli 'o DHHL i ka hiki ke ho'oka'a'ike aku i nā mea ho'okahu 'ia ma o kēia kolamu i kēlā me kēia mahina a he leo kono kēia iā 'oe e 'e'e ma kō ke Ke'ena kahua pūnaewele, dhhl.hawaii.gov/contact, i mea e kāinoa ai no ka loa'a pono 'ana o ka 'ikepili i kāu pahu leka uila. 'Auamo ke Ke'ena o ka 'Āina Ho'opulapula i ka nu'ukia a Ke Ali'i Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole 'o ianākaho'opulapula 'ana i nā kānaka 'ōiwi Hawai'i ma o ka ho'iho'i 'ia o lākou i ka 'āina. Ho'okahua 'ia e ka 'Aha'ōlelo Lāhui o 'Amelika Hui Pū 'Ia ma ka makahiki 1921 me ka 'āpono 'ia o ka Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, mālama 'ia he 200,000 a 'oi 'eka 'āina no ka ho'opulapula 'ia 'ana e ka o polokalamu 'āina ho'opulapula a DHHL e ho'okele nei. ■

By Cedric Duarte

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is honored for its 2020 inclusion in Ka Wai Ola. This new eolumn, written by the Department's Information and Community Relations ofhce, will offer benehciaries pertinent DHHL updates and information eaeh month. With 1,300 lots in the Department's pipeline over the next hve years, DHHL would like to introduce the eolumn by highlighting the importance of updated contact information. Lot offers to benehciaries are only made through United States Postal Service mail. Benehciaries who do not have a current address on hle with the Department will not receive the opportunity to be alerted of potential offerings.

Have you moved? Haven't heard from the Department? We ean only contact you if we have the best way to reach you. Make updating your mailing address with DHHL a priority by calling us and ensuring that your address is current. The lots offered over the next several years will exemplify DHHL's dedication to providing a varied inventory of lot options to benehciaries, ultimately getting more native Hawaiians onto Hawaiian home lands.

While the lots being offered will continue to include turn-key lots, whieh have been one of the greater desires of benehciaries over the past several years, the Department has also heard the eall for additional vacant lot offerings that allow benehciaries the flexibility to build a home suitable to their needs. These homes could be anything from a tiny home to a multi-generational house and could have varied hnancing potential, including self-help and non-proht eollahoration possibilities. In 2019, the Department began offering these types of lots in Kapolei, O'ahu; Waimānalo, O'ahu; and on Lāna'i. With a desire to increase the diversity of lots offered to those on the waitlist, the Department is also preparing to award Subsistence Agricultural lots on O'ahu, Maui, and Hawai'i Island. These lots are smaller than traditional agriculture lots awarded by DHHL and have fewer requirements. Benehciaries awarded the one-to-three-acre parcels will be able to conduct agricultural activities to support their families and community without the need for larger farm plans. A multi-family option on O'ahu and a rent-with-option to purchase in Kailua-Kona on Hawai' i Island are also underway as means

to provide more options. Want to eheek on the status of your address? Contact DHHL by phone at (808) 620-9500 to conhrm your correct mailing addresses. DHHL looks forward to the 1 opportunity to connect with benehciaries through this eolumn I eaeh month and invites you to visit the Department's website, dhhl.hawaii.gov/contact, to sign up to receive information directly to your inbox. The Department of Hawai-

ian Home Lands carries out Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole's vision of rehabilitating native Hawaiians by returning them to the land. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1921 with the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, the Hawaiian homesteading program run by DHHL includes management of over 200,000 acres of land statewide with the specihc purpose of developing and delivering homesteading. ■

DHHL beneficiaries review map of land plots. - Photo: Courtesy