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HI SR2
Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Congress to increase federal funding for Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA).
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Documents that Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant funding has declined from $12,700,000 in 2010 to $2,000,000 in 2017-2019, with no appropriations in 2016.
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Requests identification and securing of additional forms of direct federal assistance to address affordable housing needs for Native Hawaiians in the State of Hawaii.
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Urges the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to provide technical assistance and training to individual Hawaiian homesteads on processes for expending and utilizing Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants.
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Directs transmission of certified copies to the President, HUD Secretary, Interior Secretary, congressional leadership, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Strongly Urging The United States Department Of Housing And Urban Development And The United States Congress To Provide Additional Federal Funds For Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants Under The Native American Housing Assistance And Self-determination Act And Identify And Secure Other Forms Of Direct Assistance To Address The Affordable Housing Needs Of The Native Hawaiian Population And Urging The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Assist And Train Individual Hawaiian Homesteads On The Technical Aspects And Processes Involved In Expending And Utilizing Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants.
County of Maui Package
Last Action
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
6/30/2020