Honolulu Civil Beat: Plan To Commit $600 Million To Hawaiian Home Lands Development Advances

Plan To Commit $600 Million To Hawaiian Home Lands Development Advances

Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, noted in comments on the bill the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has not been able to promptly spend federal funding in the past, which led the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to withhold funding from the department for a time.

“We are very interested in seeing any dysfunction cleared, and relief going to those who deserve it,” Yamachika told the Finance Committee.

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