Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) Program
Community Based Development Division
Moneys in the Affordable Housing Fund shall be used to provide affordable rental housing for persons earning sixty percent or less of the median household income in the city for the following purposes: provision and expansion of affordable rental housing and suitable living environments in projects, which may include mixed-use, mixed-income projects, having residential units that are principally for persons of low and moderate income through land acquisition for, development of, construction of, and/or capital improvements or rehabilitation to such housing, provided that the funded housing remains affordable for at least sixty years.
AHF Projects
- Family Justice Center – $2,000,000 for acquisition and renovation of 20-bedroom apartment building.
- Ola Ka ʻIlima/Artspace – $4,400,000 to assist in developing a low- to moderate-income housing (LIHTC).
- Hale Makana o Māʻili – $2,000,000 performance mortgage to assist in developing fifty-six low- to moderate-income housing units (LIHTC).
- Nā Lei Hulu Kupuna Renovation project, Phase I – $3,850,000 acquisition and renovation of seventy-five low-income apartments for seniors.
- Pauahi Hale -$300,000 for the installation of a new fire alarm system in a City facility that provides permanent rentals for housing first clients and individuals experiencing severe mental illness.
- Pūnāwai Building – $5,901,446 for construction of hygiene center and two floors of permanent rental housing.
- Kahauiki Village Phase II – $7,027,000 for infrastructure and construction of temporary housing units for families and individuals experiencing homelessness.
- Maunakea Marketplace – $7,428,730 for renovation and repurposing of thirty-eight 2nd floor units to create housing for families and individuals experiencing homelessness.
- 1531 Kewalo Street, Units D & E – $100,000 for due diligence costs to complete HOME funded Special Needs Housing purchase of 10 bedroom duplex – to be leased to The Youth Collaborative, consisting of Alternative Solutions Inc (ASI), RYSE and ALEA Bridge.
- Nā Lei Hulu Kupuna Renovation project, Phase II – $1,853,000 for additional health, fire and safety improvements.
- 54-83 and 54-83A, 54-85 and 54-85A, 54-87 and 54-87A Hauʻula Homestead Road – $2,650,000 for due diligence and partial funding of three duplexes to add 15 dwelling units to the City’s Special Needs Housing Inventory.
- 87-288A-H Farrington Highway – $5,575,000 for due diligence and acquisition of eight 5-bedroom homes to add up to 40 low- to moderate-income dwelling units to the City’s Special Needs Housing inventory.
- Hale Wiliko – $6,000,000 to support construction of 140 unit senior housing complex on the former Aiea Sugar Mill.
- Halawa View II – $5,000,000 to support construction of 302 affordable units near Pearl Harbor.
- Hocking Hale – $3,923,433 to support renovation of building to provide 40 affordable units in Downtown Honolulu.
- Ohana Hale – $4,900,000 to support the acquisition of land for a 180 unit affordable high rise in McCully.
- Waialua Mill Camp – $3,549,556 for acquisition of land for a 268 unit affordable housing community of single family and multi family structures.
- Kailua Lofts – $4,800,000 for acquisition of land for a 62 unit affordable apartment near Kawainui Marsh.