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June meeting set for Molokai’s Naiwa Homestead lessees [HCL Press Release]

June meeting set for Molokaʻi’s Nā‘iwa Homestead lessees

An informational meeting is planned for Molokaʻi’s Nā‘iwa Homesteaders on Monday, June 17, 2024 starting at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place at Kulana ʻŌiwi, the conference room for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) on Molokaʻi.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide updated information for the Nāʻiwa Agricultural Subdivision Homestead with a focus on the homeowner builder permitting process. Presenters include Hawai‘i Community Lending (HCL) and Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA).

The June meeting is part of the Nāʻiwa Homesteaders Program 2024 Owner Builder Workshops, a monthly series of virtual and in-person meetings for the 58 Nāʻiwa Homesteaders and their families. Light dinner will be served. No RSVP required. Families are invited.

An informational meeting is planned for Molokaʻi’s Nā‘iwa Homesteaders on Monday, June 17, 2024 starting at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place at Kulana ʻŌiwi, the conference room for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) on Molokaʻi.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide updated information for the Nāʻiwa Agricultural Subdivision Homestead with a focus on the homeowner builder permitting process. Presenters include Hawai‘i Community Lending (HCL) and Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA).

The June meeting is part of the Nāʻiwa Homesteaders Program 2024 Owner Builder Workshops, a monthly series of virtual and in-person meetings for the 58 Nāʻiwa Homesteaders and their families. Light dinner will be served. No RSVP required. Families are invited.

“We’ve been guiding Nāʻiwa Homesteaders toward homeownership with training in credit preparedness, budgeting, and saving services offered through Hawaiian Community Assets along with financial assessments and mortgage topics through Hawaiʻi Community Lending,” said Liliana Napoleon, a volunteer of Nāʻiwa Agricultural Subdivision Alliance (NASA).

Napoleon also said Nāiwa Agricultural Subdivision Alliance (NASA) is working with Naʻiwa Homesteaders on agricultural site development topics including agricultural training, farm plan designing and development, farm shed builds, off-grid renewable energy, lot clearing and mulching, and deer fencing all of which are guided by NASA.

Future monthly meetings are scheduled on Mondays at 6 p.m. In-person meetings will be held at the OHA/DHHL Kulana ʻŌiwi conference room located at 600 Maunaloa Highway in Kaunakakai. For more information and to find out more about virtual meetings email mkk.nas.alliance@gmail.com.

Future meetings are scheduled as follows:
Monday, July 15, 6 p.m. – virtual meeting
Monday, Aug. 19, 6 p.m. – virtual meeting
Monday, Sept. 16, 6 p.m. – in-person meeting.
Monday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m. – virtual meeting
Monday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m. – virtual meeting
Monday, Nov. 16, 6 p.m. – in-person meeting

About Aikū’ē Kalima

Aikū’ē Kalima, former Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund Manager for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, joins Hawaiʻi Community Lending as its lending director.
Kalima comes to HCL with more than 25 years of experience in community development and mortgage lending. In his new position, Kalima will direct HCL’s consumer, construction, mortgage and small business lending.
“As a native Hawaiian and Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiary, I understand the financial needs for economic development and quality housing for kānaka is great,” said Kalima, who led OHA’s deployment of $9.8 million in loans to 286 native Hawaiians statewide over the last five years. “For over 25 years, I have worked tirelessly at the grassroots level, educating kānaka on the skills necessary to achieve the dream of homeownership and providing resources to achieve financial sustainability. I plan to continue serving the lāhui empowering ‘ohana and communities as the lending director for Hawai‘i Community Lending.”
Kalima takes the reins of HCL’s $16-million revolving loan fund and will oversee a team of seven staff members statewide. “HCL is honored to have Aikū’ē join us in our mission to help tackle our housing crisis by funding native Hawaiian and local families to build, buy and save homes from foreclosure,” said HCL Executive Director Jeff Gilbreath. “He has proven leadership in both the public and private sectors and has the passion to get families on the land through homeownership.”


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About Nikki

Nikki Hollern is a mother of five, born and raised in Upcountry Maui, but she spent the last 15 years in the beautiful town of Lahaina. Lahaina stole her heart, with the people and the town being unlike any other. After the fire, her family had to relocate to Kahului.

Her heart remains in Lahaina, and her goal is to help this amazing community get back to where they belong. She feels blessed to have the opportunity to be part of the HCL ‘ohana, helping navigate this incredibly hard time and hopefully serving as a guiding light to assist the community in returning home and coming back even stronger.


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