Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

The state Legislature is considering significant changes to the conveyance taxes that are levied on a property when it's sold. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports that lawmakers aim to use the increased revenue to fund transit-oriented housing and provide the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands with its first permanent stream of state funding.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands shares updates gathered from a drone survey on the flood damage experiences across Maui County after the Kona low storms.

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The House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection amended the bill to take out the appropriation of $5 million to DHHL and allow for further discussion in the legislative session.

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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is considering legislation this upcoming session to help reduce its waitlist for its beneficiaries. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

By the end of 2025, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will have spent $120 million of the $600 million appropriated by the state Legislature in 2022 to develop homestead lots for beneficiaries.

The state transferred about 30 acres of land to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs over a decade ago to settle a long-standing dispute over ceded land revenues.

For more than 100 Hawaiian Homes beneficiaries on Maui, a decades-long wait is over. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on the first Department of Hawaiian Homelands’ agricultural lease awards in more than 20 years.

Shifts in federal policy towards clean energy are expected to raise electricity bills. A new initiative from the Hawaiian Council is designed to help residents reduce energy costs in their homes. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote speaks to the program's lead.