'It is a travesty that Hawaiians have been forced to wait on a list for many years.'
Soaring housing prices and rents have affected nearly everyone across Hawaii. But one group is disproportionately affected by the housing crisis: Native Hawaiians.
As of June 30, 2021, there were 28,916 applicants on the DHHL waitlist for land and housing. A ProPublica reportthat more than 2,000 Native Hawaiians are believed to have died on the waitlist, but recognized that people agree there were probably many more. “We have existing homestead communities that need repair and maintenance but the only thing that this program is measured with for success is addressing the waiting list,” DHHL's Duarte told SFGATE. “The $600 million is a great infusion of funding, but it’s not a magic bullet to resolving the waitlist. Maybe we can make a significant dent in addressing the waiting list, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.
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