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Recent updates from across the Department of Housing and Land Management, including organizational announcements, operational changes, initiatives, milestones, and public notices.
Honoring Earth Day through Mālama ʻĀina at Hāwea Heiau and Keawāwa Wetland
Following Earth Day earlier this week, the event is part of DHLM’s ongoing efforts to support community-based stewardship through the CWNL program, which helps protect and preserve Oʻahu’s most important natural and cultural resources for future generations.
Supporting Hawaiʻi’s Future Through Strategic Land Use: A conversation with Jenn Ontai of DHLM
As part of DHLM’s leadership team, Jenn Ontai works behind the scenes to help move some of the City’s most important real estate transactions forward—supporting everything from affordable housing development to interdepartmental land use.
Temporary housing assistance for residents displaced by Kona low storms
The back-to-back storms caused significant damage in several communities, leaving some households unable to safely return to their homes. Temporary housing is being coordinated to ensure families have a safe place to stay while cleanup and repairs are underway.
City acquires 175 N. Pauahi St. to support future housing in Honolulu’s urban core
The property is currently significantly underutilized, with only four of its 42 existing residential units occupied. Through this acquisition and planned redevelopment, the City plans to bring these units back into productive use, increasing housing availability in a high-demand area.
City selects development partner to transform former Dee Lite Bakery site into transit-oriented affordable housing
The City and County of Honolulu has selected EAH Housing as its preferred negotiating partner for the redevelopment of the former Dee Lite Bakery site in Kalihi — a key step toward bringing new transit-oriented affordable housing to the Dillingham Boulevard corridor.
Conserving Hawaiʻi’s Natural Lands: A conversation with Van Matsushige of DHLM’s Conservation Office
As division chief of DHLM’s Conservation Office, Van Matsushige helps guide the City’s Clean Water and Natural Lands Program, working to protect Oʻahu’s most important natural resources for future generations.
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