DHHL offers vacant residential lots in Anahola

PUHI — The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands offered 51 residential vacant lots within its Pi‘ilani Mai Ke Kai Subdivision in Anahola on Saturday.

The DHHL hosted the lot-selection meeting at Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School as an in-person gathering, a first since 2019. Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Aila, Jr. HHC Kaua‘i Commissioner Dennis Neves and state Rep. Nadine Nakamura, who represents Anahola, were in attendance.

“It has been a few years since we’ve offered new homestead lots on Kaua‘i, and it is wonderful to be able to gather together in person once again to mark the occasion,” said Aila.

“The lots being offered today in Anahola are beautiful, and provide the flexibility for families to create a homestead that best suits their needs. I know beneficiaries will make the most of these vacant lots, not only for their family today but for generations to come.”

The vacant lot product allows a family to construct a home that best fits their needs on a homestead lot that has been developed with roads and utility infrastructure.

Applicants on the Kaua‘i waiting list with application dates up to July 31, 2021 were invited to attend a virtual lot-orientation meeting in March. Beneficiaries were then given the opportunity to attend one of three vacant lot workshops to learn about the building process and connect with homebuilding resources, including HPM Building Supply, Honsador Lumber and Habitat for Humanity, in preparation for the lot-selection meeting.

DHHL is conducting engineering design work for its Hanapepe subdivision, and final environmental assessments have been completed for future homesteads in Kekaha and Anahola. Construction funding for these projects is pending.