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MEDIA RELEASE This November, organizations across Hawaiʻi Island will participate in the first annual Hawaii Housing Month. The campaign will feature social media conversations about housing and homelessness, and will share specific, effective steps community members can take to help. “So often, anecdotes and stereotypes are conflated with fact in the conversation about homelessness. We […]

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The County of Hawai’i is displaying a portable shelter on its lawn this week as a way of raising awareness of the need to join hands to help the homeless of our community.

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie today signed House Bill 656, establishing the Health Care Transformation Program within the Governor’s office to advance the transformation. “Improving health and the quality of care while bending the cost curve are among my administration’s top priorities,” Gov. Abercrombie said. “Addressing these concerns requires a new systematic approach that affects […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mazie Hirono introduced a bill earlier this year in Congress that will drive up Hawaii Island’s housing prices and reduce the number of houses available for local families, according to Linda Lingle for Senate Campaign Manager Bob Lee. Hirono’s VISIT USA Bill would provide U.S. residential visas for foreigners spending a total of […]

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Na Kaulana Kauhale O Ulu Wini also includes on-site employment and life skills training programs, mental health services, counseling and childcare

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Known as Na Kaulana O Ulu Wini, the first 40 units of what will become a 96-unit, service enriched project, will provide case management, mail and computer access along with an array of on-site social such as employment and life skills training, mental health services, counseling and childcare.

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The Hawaii County Housing Agency will meet Tuesday, October 5 in Hilo. Hawai‘i County Housing Agency is comprised of the Hawai‘i County Council members

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Hawaii will receive $751,459 for the construction, acquisition or rehabilitation of affordable housing units in all four counties, Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka announced today. The money was awarded to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation through a grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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MEDIA RELEASE The County of Hawai’i has filed a lawsuit against the companies UniDev, LLC and UniDev Hawaii LLC alleging the companies knowingly filed false and fraudulent claims for payment with the county. The lawsuit filed in Third Circuit Court also alleges UniDev deliberately provided false information and false documentation to the county in 2007 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Anyone interested in planning for the future, building assets and preparing for home ownership is urged to attend one of a series of County-sponsored informational meetings about Section 8 Family Self-Sufficiency & Homeownership Option Programs that are being held throughout 2009. Meetings will be held in Hilo at 1990 Kinoole Street, Suite 104 […]

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