Rural LISC Invests funds in native Hawaiian Community Development Nonprofit
Anahola, Hawaii — the Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has awarded $26k to the Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC), a statewide non-profit serving native Hawaiian trust land communities. Funding will be invested in HCDC programming that promotes an art district on…
Rural LISC Invests in Native Hawaiian Homestead Nonprofit
Anahola, Hawaii — The Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has awarded grant funding to the Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC), a statewide nonprofit serving native Hawaiian trust land communities, to support economic development and healthy housing activities. HCDC…
Roundtable on Preventing Homelessness & Foreclosures Scheduled with Lieutenant Governor Green in October 2019
Honolulu, HI — The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) has scheduled a Roundtable with Lieutenant Governor Josh Green on avoiding homelessness on Hawaiian Home Lands, through basic and common sense foreclosure prevention processes. “There is an invisible crisis brewing on…
Homesteaders and Waitlist Hawaiians Elect Leadership to SCHHA Governing Council
Honolulu, HI – The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) adjourned the 2019 Homestead leadership summit on August 25, 2019 after voting members elected 5 leaders from Kauai, Maui, Oahu, Hawaii island and Molokai to the Governing Council to serve the next 4 years.…
SCHHA Leaders Work on State Legislation for 2020 Legislature – To Improve Homesteads
Kapolei, Hawaii – The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) leaders are working on legislation for the 2020 Legislative Session to improve getting native Hawaiian onto their lands, as defined by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (HHCA). “Our SCHHA leaders across…
Homestead Leaders Applaud OHA for Homestead Housing Program Investment
ANAHOLA, Kauai – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) awarded a 2-year grant of $484,114 to the nonprofit, Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC) also known as the Homestead Housing Authority. HCDC provides economic development and housing services, including financial literacy,…
Homestead Hawaiian Leaders to Attend National Rural LISC Conference convening more than 250 rural community development experts to catalyze new opportunities in rural America
Anahola, HI — The Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC) announces the nonprofit will send staff and board members to the 2019 Rural LISC Seminar, an annual national conference for rural community development professionals. This year’s Seminar will be held in Monticello, New York June…