New Hawaii State Veterans Home Is Being Built On Land Designated For Affordable Housing - Honolulu Civil Beat
New Hawaii State Veterans Home Is Being Built On Land Designated For Affordable Housing
UPDATED. Construction crews broke ground on the 120-bed residential and treatment facility last month on a long-vacant lot in Kapolei. Reading time: 7 minutes.
Construction on a nearly $100 million new state veterans home on Oahu has finally begun after a series of delays and rejected locations.
But, according to House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke, the 120-bed facility ended up on 7 acres in the Westside neighborhood of Kapolei that had been designated for affordable housing.
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The property proposed for the Kahului Civic Center fronts Kaahumanu Avenue and features a rock wall built in 1939 by the WPA. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
A state agency is looking to transform the lot across from the Maui Beach Hotel into a civic center with affordable housing units, a community center, government offices and the potential new home of the Kahului Public Library.
The Kahului Civic Center Mixed-Use Complex would be located at 153 West Kaahumanu Ave. on about 5.6 acres, including the 0.85 acres dedicated for the new Maui County bus hub, according to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.