PUBLIC COMMENTS ON DHHL NAHASDA REPORT EXPECTED
Posted on August 26, 2024 in Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Press Releases
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON DHHL NAHASDA REPORT EXPECTED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
26 August 2024
HONOLULU – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is seeking public comment on its fiscal year 2023-2024 expenditures under the Native Hawaiian Housing Plan (NHHP) and the Annual Performance Report (APR) under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA).
Title VIII of NAHASDA requires DHHL, as the sole recipient of Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant funds, to report annually on activities conducted during the previous year. The APR reports on activities authorized in the Annual Housing Plan (AHP). A summary of expenditures is provided below.
Expenditure in the 2023 – 2024 financial year by AHP activity:
| AHP1 | Capital Improvement Projects 2023 | $3,212,475 |
| AHP2 | Developer financing | $0 |
| AHP3 | Home financing | $1,929,855 |
| AHP4 | Household assistance program | $0 |
| AHP5 | Waimānalo Kūpuna Assistance with renting accommodation | 830,000 US dollars |
| AHP6-A | Rental vouchers | $0 |
| AHP6-B | Emergency assistance program for rent and utilities | 875,000 US dollars |
| AHP6-C | DHHL Kūpuna Rental Assistance Program | 985,000 US dollars |
| AHP6-D | Rental vouchers for DHHL units | $0 |
| AHP7 | Housing advice | $25,500 |
| AHP8 | Help for homeowners | 1,150,000 USD |
| AHP9 | Improvements to existing drinking water infrastructure | 562,776 USD |
| AHP10 | Conversion of residential buildings | 872,374 USD |
| AHP11 | Real estate acquisition | $10,900 |
| AHP12 | SDU funding | $0 |
| Planning and management | In total | $1,513,215 |
| In total | 11,967,095 USD |
Current NAHASDA balance: $66,631,453
Charged by contract: $34,395,137
Available NAHASDA balance: $32,236,316
A copy of the full draft 2024 Annual Performance Report can be found on the Ministry’s website:
Public comment will be open for 30 days beginning August 19, 2024, before being completed and submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by September 27, 2024.
All comments should be emailed to DHHL at (email protected)Comments received by the close of business on September 24, 2024 will be considered in the final determination of the APR.
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About the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands:
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands carries out the vision of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole to rehabilitate Native Hawaiians by returning them to their lands. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1921 with the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, the Hawaiian Homesteading Program, operated by the DHHL, involves the management of more than 200,000 acres of land throughout the state with the specific goal of developing and offering homesteading.
Media contact:
Diamond Badajoz
Information and Public Relations Officer
Department of Hawaiian Homeland
Cell: 808-342-0873
(email protected)
