Hawaiian housing initiative terminated

The state lets expire a contract with a group that provided low-cost resources

By Alan Yonan Jr.

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 15, 2012

~~<p>A nonprofit group that helped Native Hawaiian families build 22 homes on Oahu and Kauai under a "sweat equity" program said it is being forced to end the affordable housing initiative because its contract was not renewed by a state agency.</p>
<p>The program run by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement provided low-cost financing and organized groups of families to buy materials in bulk and use family labor to reduce construction costs for the four-bedroom, two-bath homes. The homes, built on Hawaiian Home Lands, were sold to program participants in Kapolei for $185,000 and in Anahola on Kauai for $160,000.</p>
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A nonprofit group that helped Native Hawaiian families build 22 homes on Oahu and Kauai under a "sweat equity" program said it is being forced to end the affordable housing initiative because its contract was not renewed by a state agency.

The program run by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement provided low-cost financing and organized groups of families to buy materials in bulk and use family labor to reduce construction costs for the four-bedroom, two-bath homes. The homes, built on Hawaiian Home Lands, were sold to program participants in Kapolei for $185,000 and in Anahola on Kauai for $160,000. Login for more...