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Beneficiaries accuse DHHL of deviating from Act 279 plan, say millions spent with few lots delivered
Summary
Several testifiers told the commission they believe deviations from the original Act 279 strategic plan have reduced the program’s effectiveness, arguing that fiscal decisions in FY24 encumbered hundreds of millions while removing relatively few applicants from the wait list.
Multiple beneficiaries used their public comment time to criticize how funds from Act 279 — the state appropriation intended to reduce the DHHL wait list — were expended and to ask the commission for transparency and an audit of decisions that changed the program’s originally proposed outcomes.
Germaine Myers of Nanakuli, who said she is a long‑time wait‑list applicant for agricultural lots, accused the commission and department leadership of deviating from the December 2022 strategic plan for Act 279 and…
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