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Big rent-to-own housing push by Home Lands agency praised, pilloried

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                These homes in the Kapolei Ho‘olimalima subdivision were developed in 2001 as rentals for state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries with low incomes, and included a purchase option after 15 years that resulted in the homes selling for $62,871 to $76,842 in 2017.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

These homes in the Kapolei Ho‘olimalima subdivision were developed in 2001 as rentals for state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries with low incomes, and included a purchase option after 15 years that resulted in the homes selling for $62,871 to $76,842 in 2017.