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Homestead associations press DHHL for road repairs, park access and action on vacant houses
Summary
Multiple Maui homestead associations asked the Hawaiian Homes Commission for funding or delegated authority to fix roads, reopen community parks, remove squatters from vacant houses and support local volunteer maintenance efforts.
Representatives from multiple Hawaiian homestead associations on Maui used the Sept. 16 public-testimony period to push DHHL and the commission for pragmatic local infrastructure fixes: targeted road repaving, clearer and faster park-reservation processes, help with vacant-house successors, and funding for repairs and court enforcement when squatters occupy homes.
What residents asked for: Jimmy Kinkade of the Pohokalo Hawaiian Homes Community Association presented two contractor estimates and asked the department to consider…
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