HUD in Your Community

Information by State  Print version   HUD Resources See an itemized breakdown of HUD funding for the Hawaii jurisdiction by fiscal year:   Fiscal Year 1999   Fiscal Year 2000   Fiscal Year 2001   Fiscal Year 2002   Fiscal Year 2003

Here are some examples of how HUD funds are being used to benefit your community:

• $6.8 million in housing assistance grants to help very low-income elderly and people with disabilities. The funding will be used to help construct a mixed finance supportive housing facility for the elderly in Kapolei and Kihei and a 10-unit independent living facility for persons with disabilities in urban Honolulu.

• $799,297 in grants for Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities. Chaminade University of Honolulu will assist the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs to build a training and community outreach facility where activities will include community service by Chaminade students, faculty and staff.

• $9.6 million to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for a Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant to provide affordable housing opportunities for low-income native Hawaiians on Hawaiian Home Lands throughout the state of Hawaii.

• $700,000 in Youthbuild grants to the City and County of Honolulu to train young people and expand affordable housing. The Youthbuild program provides job training, leadership skills and academic schooling to low-income young people. Program participants acquire on-the-job training in construction skills by building and renovating homes, which are then sold at affordable prices to low- and very low-income persons.

• $550,000 to the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to increase self-sufficiency among public housing residents under the Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program. $300,000 will be used to provide personal assistance with daily activities to the elderly and $250,000 will be used to establish and/or operate a computer learning center to expand educational opportunities for public housing residents.

• Over $300,000 will be used to provide homeless services in Guam under the Emergency Shelter Grant Program and the Continuum of Care Program. Emergency Shelter Grants can be used to convert buildings into homeless shelters, assist in the operation of local shelters and fund related social service and homeless prevention programs. Continuum of Care grants provide permanent and transitional housing to homeless persons and fund services like job training, health care, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and child care.

• $119,908 to the Institute for Human Services (IHS) and Legal Aid Society of Hawaii to provide Housing Counseling Services. While IHS concentrates on rental pre-occupancy counseling, Legal Aid provides comprehensive counseling to renters, homebuyers and homeowners, including default/foreclosure and Home Equity Conversion Mortgage counseling.