Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 12, Number 5, 1 May 1995 — Page 17 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

We Filei Claims. You Slioul(l, Too.'

In 1962, ]oseph anel Wehilani Ching

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went to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to apply for residential homesteads ...

"My application was deferrec] tecause I UH ou glrt a Kome."

and encountered the first of what would A become years of problems. Mrs. Ching was

told only one spouse could apply for a homestead. Mr.

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"I was told only one of us eoulel apply for a komestead."

Ching's own application was ranked "Priority 2." Several years later, because he had bought a home, his application was

ā ^ "deferred," meaning he could not receive a homestead. Twenty years later, at a lot selection meeting, DHHL failed to eall Mr. Ching's name,

and he was denied a ehanee to choose a lot. The Chings believed DHHL had done something wrong regarding their homestead applications. So they eaeh filed a elaim with the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust lndividual Claims Rev Ttie Natbe Hawaiian Legal Corporation helpeil ^ P the CUmgs present their \ claims to the Panel.