Maui Now: Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA) celebrated the opening of its newest office in Wailuku, Maui, with a special grand opening ceremony held on Tuesday. The event brought together the community for an afternoon of festivities that included a blessing, live music, pūpū, and a tour of the new office space. Twenty-four years ago, in [...]

Mayor Kawakami and representatives of the Chan Zuckerberg Kaua‘i Community Fund in attendance LĪHU‘E, KAUA‘I (January 9, 2024) – Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA) welcomed 30 guests to celebrate the grand opening of its new Kaua‘i office with a traditional Hawaiian blessing by Kāhealani Hāmākua, music by Kualono, and pūpū. Supporters Mayor Derek Kawakami presented [...]

Building on the success of the past year, the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) for residents on Hawaiʻi Island has now expanded to $9 million, offering even greater benefit to homeowners who are in financial hardship. Eligible homeowners on Hawai‘i Island can apply for grants up to $30,000 to reduce monthly payments, pay past-due mortgages, pay past-due property [...]

Building on the success of the past year, the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) for residents on Kauaʻi has now expanded to $3 million, offering even greater benefit to homeowners who are in financial hardship.   Eligible homeowners on Kauaʻi can apply for grants up to $30,000 to reduce monthly payments, pay past-due mortgages, pay past-due property taxes, [...]

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is designed to help families keep their utilities (gas or electric) on, especially those households that are most vulnerable, such as the elderly, the disabled, and households with young children. LIHEAP primarily assists households by applying an energy assistance grant directly to the energy provider on behalf of [...]

The Maui News The Office of Hawaiian Affairs on Tuesday approved a $1.36 million grants package, which includes funding for programs in Maui County. This includes an Economic Stability Grant of $398,000 that was awarded to Hawai’i Community Lending for its Native Hawaiian Owner-Builder Project, which will increase the economic stability of 58 Native Hawaiians [...]

The Economic Stability Community Grant will help 58 Native Hawaiians in Nāʻiwa, Molokaʻi, by establishing a culturally relevant program that will increase access to capital, credit and technical assistance for Native Hawaiians to build and own homes on Hawaiian Home Lands. A $498,660 grant also was awarded to the Purple Maiʻa Foundation for its Mālama [...]

The government program helped over 13,000 households. One reason it succeeded may have been that people who had experienced housing instability had a seat at the decision-making table. Mother of four Aura Reyes lost her O‘ahu home over 10 years ago, but she can still remember the experience like it was yesterday. “When you first [...]