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Beneficiaries press DHHL on waitlist, loan guarantees and property-tax assistance
Summary
Beneficiaries and partners urged DHHL to accelerate land activation and offer financing and tax-relief options: a Native CDFI asked to raise DHHL loan-guarantee caps and restructure delinquencies, while waitlister advocates asked the Commission to advance a waitlister pilot and clarify property-tax assistance for lessees with delinquencies.
Multiple beneficiaries and a native community development financial institution presented proposals to the Hawaiian Homes Commission to expand homebuilding options, help lessees with delinquent loans or property taxes, and accelerate land activation for those on waitlists.
Jeff Gilbreath, CEO of Hawaii Community Lending (a Native CDFI), described programs that use DHHL loan guarantees to make low-cost mortgages and home-repair loans available to beneficiaries. He asked the Commission to support raising the DHHL…
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