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A long-planned rental apartment tower in Honolulu’s urban core for state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries is slated to begin construction next month after delays. ... waiting list ...
Feb. 18—The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is returning, in a big way, to a practice of issuing unconventional land leases to beneficiaries on its homestead waitlist. The state ...
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on Saturday selected 52 beneficiaries to receive homestead leases at a Maui project where a developer is going to build homes for the lot lessees at the ...
1921–1960: the Hawaiian Homes Commission (a federal agency) 1960–present: the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL, a state agency) [2] That is, responsibility was transferred to the state level after Hawaii became a state in 1959. [3]
In 1921, Congress established the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, with 203, 000 acres for residential, agricultural and pastoral homestead lots to those of 50 % or more Native Hawaiian blood.
In 1893, pro-American elements in Hawaii overthrew the monarchy and formed the Republic of Hawaii, which the U.S. annexed in 1898. [6] In 1921, in order to make amends for injustices associated with the overthrow and annexation, the US created the Hawaiian Homes Commissions Act which set aside 200,000 acres of land for the use of homelands for Native Hawaiians of 50% blood quantum or more.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS State Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson greets Ellabelle Kaiama, one of 52 DHHL beneficiaries to receive leases at the 161-lot Pu ‘u hona project.
In May 2011, William Aila, Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources said, "eventually the department will need four times as many conservation officers as it does now to properly serve all the enforcement expectations of the department, which has jurisdiction over all state lands and the near-shore waters". [5]