Hawaiian Community Assets has named Jeff Aki as director of housing and community investment. Aki will oversee HCA’s Ua Hale A‘ela program, which offers a rent with option to purchase, currently growing with housing purchases in Hilo in February and Maui over the next two years. Aki has nearly 30 years’ experience in construction management, government and private sector contracting, environmental remediation and largescale community projects in Hawaii and the Indo-Pacific region.