affordable   housing

OHA needs to work with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to address beneficiary needs for affordable housing.  OHA is currently paying several million dollars annually to service the loan debt of the DHHL.  This arrangement with Hawaiian Homelands running in the red and OHA absorbing the debt is not a healthy long-term arrangement.  We need to be supporting the DHHL to become more self-sufficient and stop the practice of looking at OHA as the bank to cover their debts. 

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