Family vows to fight for land

The city is evicting a Waikane ohana but is letting them stay six months rent-free before they must relocate

By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 09, 2012

~~<p>City officials will let a Waikane family continue to live rent-free on a 2.5-acre, oceanview parcel for another 90 days after the family discovered they had been living illegally on the property for the past 23 years.</p>
<p>The unusual situation began when the administration of Mayor Jeremy Harris used city and federal money in 1996 to buy more than 40 acres along Kamehameha Highway "to preserve and protect the existing scenic qualities and the natural resources and rural character of these coastal lands," said Michael Hansen, current director of the city Department of Budget and Fiscal Services.</p>
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City officials will let a Waikane family continue to live rent-free on a 2.5-acre, oceanview parcel for another 90 days after the family discovered they had been living illegally on the property for the past 23 years.

The unusual situation began when the administration of Mayor Jeremy Harris used city and federal money in 1996 to buy more than 40 acres along Kamehameha Highway "to preserve and protect the existing scenic qualities and the natural resources and rural character of these coastal lands," said Michael Hansen, current director of the city Department of Budget and Fiscal Services. Login for more...