Department of Hawaiian Homeland

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON DHHL NAHASDA REPORT EXPECTED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

26 August 2024

HONOLULU – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is seeking public comment on its fiscal year 2023-2024 expenditures under the Native Hawaiian Housing Plan (NHHP) and the Annual Performance Report (APR) under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA).

Title VIII of NAHASDA requires DHHL, as the sole recipient of Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant funds, to report annually on activities conducted during the previous year. The APR reports on activities authorized in the Annual Housing Plan (AHP). A summary of expenditures is provided below.

Expenditure in the 2023 – 2024 financial year by AHP activity:

Current NAHASDA balance: $66,631,453

Charged by contract: $34,395,137

Available NAHASDA balance: $32,236,316

A copy of the full draft 2024 Annual Performance Report can be found on the Ministry’s website:

Public comment will be open for 30 days beginning August 19, 2024, before being completed and submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by September 27, 2024.

All comments should be emailed to DHHL at (email protected)Comments received by the close of business on September 24, 2024 will be considered in the final determination of the APR.

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About the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands:

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands carries out the vision of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole to rehabilitate Native Hawaiians by returning them to their lands. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1921 with the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, the Hawaiian Homesteading Program, operated by the DHHL, involves the management of more than 200,000 acres of land throughout the state with the specific goal of developing and offering homesteading.

Media contact:

Diamond Badajoz

Information and Public Relations Officer

Department of Hawaiian Homeland

Cell: 808-342-0873

(email protected)