Select an option below to continue reading this premium story.
Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading.
Honolulu Habitat for Humanity on Friday will dedicate its 81st home in Waimanalo for the Johnson Ohana.
Vernon and Raynette Johnson’s journey to home ownership has been a long and sometimes complicated one, the nonprofit said in a news release. “But together with their children and grandchildren, they will complete their dream — a new home.”
“They are a tremendous family and so excited to complete this work,” said Jim Murphy, executive director of Honolulu Habitat for Humanity. “Three generations under one roof. It is the biggest house we have ever built and I can’t wait to hand over the keys.”
More than 500 local volunteers, including some from local businesses, worked over 4,000 hours to build the Johnson home on Puha Street.
Honolulu Habitat partnered with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the project. It was funded through a DHHL zero-interest loan made possible by the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act.
The organization is building three more houses now in Waimanalo, “with several more in the queue,” Honolulu Habitat said.
Habitat is committed to building 40 homes in the next five years.