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Committee adopts staff positions on multiple bill matrices; OHA signals support for DHHL allocation and Maui nursing program
Summary
The OHA Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment committee on March 5 approved staff recommendations on several bill matrices, including support for a $600 million DHHL housing allocation and OHA backing for a Maui College bachelor of nursing program (SB119).
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment on March 5 voted to adopt staff positions on multiple legislative bill matrices covering natural resources and Native Hawaiian housing (matrix 5), Native Hawaiian health (matrix 6) and Native Hawaiian economic development (matrix 8).
Among the items discussed, staff highlighted a major Department of Hawaiian Homelands proposal on matrix 5: a $600 million allocation intended to accelerate housing construction to reduce DHHL…
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