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Hawaii’s Big Fix to Its Housing Shortage for Native Hawaiians? A Casino. ProPublica 12/24/2020 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story was co-published with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. This fall, as the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands faced mounting criticism over its handling of a century-old program to return Native Hawaiians to their ancestral lands, top officials asked their staff to come up with bold solutions. The Star-Advertiser and ProPublica had reported in October that DHHL was failing to meet a crushing demand for housing. Under state law, anyone who is at least half Hawaiian and 18 or older is considered a beneficiary of a state-controlled land trust and entitled to get a homestead in a “prompt and efficient manner.” The department had developed just 3,300 residentia ....
Hawaiian Homes Commission Forwards Gambling Bill To The Governor - Honolulu Civil Beat The proposal must still win approval from Gov. David Ige and the Legislature before becoming law. Reading time: 2 minutes. The state agency in charge of putting Native Hawaiians back on ancestral land took a tentative step Tuesday toward allowing a resort casino to operate in Kapolei. The Hawaiian Homes Commission, in a 5-to-4 vote, forwarded a bill that would allow for limited gambling on lands owned by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. But while the vote Tuesday approves the concept, the bill must still be sent to Gov. David Ige for his consideration in the administration’s 2021 legislative package. The measure faces an even tougher hurdle after that in the Legislature, where leaders of both chambers have indicated they are not keen on any gambling proposals. ....
Hawaii’s Big Fix to Its Housing Shortage for Native Hawaiians? A Casino. The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is pushing a plan to build a casino on ancestral land to raise money for more housing. This happened just after the Star-Advertiser and ProPublica found chronic problems in the state’s native land program. Dec. 24, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EST Department of Hawaiian Home Lands officials said a casino could generate at least $30 million annually for the agency, which faces funding shortfalls and potential budget cuts. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser) A Failed Housing Pledge to Native Hawaiians ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. ....
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