Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 10, 1 October 2016 — Habitat for Humanity helps homesteader [ARTICLE]

Habitat for Humanity helps homesteader

Honolulu's Habitat for Humanity first completed home of 2016 allowed a Papakōlea homesteader to remain on the 'āina where she was raised. Darleen Kaniho had been living in her childhood home for several years, despite aging infrastructure rendering the home uninhabitable. With the help of Habitat for Humanity, however, Kaniho now has a rebuilt 2-bedroom, 1 bath home. Aging homes present a ehallenge to kūpuna in the older homesteads, as they may not know how to handle the repairs or cover the cost. Habitat for Humanity allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to leverage federal funds, while

DHHL ean provide zero-interest construction loans to qualified applicants.