DHHL

...more than 300 acres of state-owned lands in the Waiākea area of Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island....

...the DHHL is set to award a record number of leases in 2026 – nearly 3,000 across the pae ‘āina....

...appointments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Campaign Spending Commission and Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission....

... David Kalahiki and Linda Twitchell allege that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ blood-quantum rule violates their rights by conditioning housing on ancestry ....

... how Watson pressured Hawaiian Homes Commissioners to approve purchase of Kauai condo complex ....

... The Office of Information Practices recently issued one formal opinion and seven informal opinions under the Sunshine Law ....

... SCOTUS ruling against OHA in 2009 means special protection for Hawaiian Homelands today ....

...Solicitor General Kalikoʻonālani Fernandes, who has extensive experience handling complex constitutional litigation on behalf of the state, will lead our legal team in defending this challenge....

... Why This Suit Will Fail: 2009 Supreme Court ruling shields Hawaiian Homelands and ceded lands revenue ....

...The legislative session ends Friday, with a the corporate spending bill still hanging in the balance....

...A conference committee vote Tuesday advanced a measure that would let nieces and nephews inherit Hawaiian home leases....

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

... What's Happening with Hawaiian Homelands; Waiting Lists, Blood Quantum, New Ventures, and More ....

... the department’s first apartment acquisition aimed at beneficiaries interested in a rent-with-option-to-purchase program ....

...The state of Hawai‘i has learned that the offices of the U.S. Army Secretary and the U.S. Department of Justice have begun consultations on the Army’s legal right of condemnation for training lands in Hawai‘i....

... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is proposing Legislators again hike the Transient Accommodations Tax ....

... By eliminating affirmative action as a defense for Kamehameha’s admissions policy, SFA has done us all a favor ....

... DHHL's carryover balances, and these high annual re-appropriations that they have, kind of made it low-hanging fruit for the Trump Administration .... 

... By 2029, DHHL will take full ownership of the land, infrastructure and homes ....

... 105 agricultural project leases for two subdivisions on the island of Maui ....

... The department aims to award more than 6,000 project leases in the next two years ....

... Unlike previous processes, beneficiaries secure a homestead lot prior to the completion of development. ...

... In June 2022, the State Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) designated the Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a ground and surface water management area ....

"...government-to-sovereign consultations between the Department and the Native Hawaiian Community, to include Native Hawaiian Organizations...."

... The project will cost $155 million to develop ....

... Event Marks the Department’s Largest Agricultural Offering in Nearly 40 Years ....

... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson signs first-of-its-kind building permit ....

“yet another attempt at serial litigation by the Hee enterprises”

... starting Friday, July 19, 2024 at 3 p.m. .....

... Al Hee was convicted was criminal tax fraud in 2016, which resulted in the FCC and HPUC stripping SIC’s ability to receive USF subsidies ....

... An SIC service outage would also affect DHHL’s phone service...the department has established an interim call center for lessees ....

...At a May 20, 2024, US Marshall’s Auction on the steps of the Honolulu Federal Courthouse, Hawaiian Tel won ownership of the former assets of Sandwich Isles Communications....

... 100 years later, only 9,800 homesteads have been opened and 28,000 Native Hawaiians remain on a waitlist ....

... working group to oversee DHHL's execution of funds pursuant to Act 279 ....

... This partnership between OHA and DHHL is a positive start, but there are other possibilities worth exploring such as ....

... Schatz-Authored Provision Of Inflation Reduction Act Funds New Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program ....

... One of the longest running court cases in modern history is Kalima v. State ....

... fully and finally resolving all outstanding challenges in the Kalima litigation ....

"...Sixty lots have been acquired so far....”

... Governor Josh Green, M.D., has announced several appointees to state boards and commissions ....

... They need to spend money.  Quickly ....

... Subsistence agricultural lots are also slated for development in Honokōwai, Maui, Anahola, Kauaʻi and Honomū on Hawaiʻi Island ....

... funding may be used to provide rental assistance to Native Hawaiians living on or off the Hawaiian Home Lands ....

... All proposals must but be submitted by July 31, 2023 ....

... The latest leftist fad has already become a 'deeply held cultural belief' ....

... $101.7 million investment in the Hawaiʻi Subsea Middle Mile Program to address the subsea cable infrastructure needed to provide high-speed internet access to the islands ....

“...egregiously long, unnecessarily complex, and confusing....”

... an average of $15K each to 8,625 households ....

... Big Island lawyers facing the possibility of Federal Penitentiary after allegedly scamming Hawaii County Affordable Housing credits may have one question on their mind ....

... From 1995 to 1998, Watson coordinated the development of more than 3,100 residential lots on Hawaiian Home Lands, as well as legislative funding and approval of the (previous) $600 million settlement between the state and DHHL ....