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The Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC)
has begun the revision process for the 2026 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP).
2026 Qualified Allocation Plan Information
HHFDC Board bids aloha to members Donn Mende, Jay Kimura
At its June 2025 meeting, the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation bid a fond aloha to HHFDC Board members Donn Mende (striped shirt) and Jay Kimura, who attended remotely from Hawaiʻi Island. Certificates of Merit were presented to both at the meeting, the last for both men.
In the photo above, from left are Board Member Jason Bradshaw, Executive Director Dean Minakami, Board Member Designee Mary Alice Evans (for DBEDT Director James Kunane Tokioka), Donn Mende and Board Secretary Sean Sasaki.
Mende, who represented Hawaiʻi County on the Board, comes from a banking and financing background. He began serving on the Board in July 2017 and, as colleagues observed his leadership and intellectual qualities, elected him vice chair in May 2019, and then chair from July 2020 through July 2023.
Colleagues noted that Mende served on a host of committees and permitted interaction groups, among them the Leasehold Policy, Financial Branch Program rules, the Waiāhole Valley Community Strategic Plan and Executive Director Selection committees or PIGs.
Kimura first joined the Board as its designated nonprofit member in May 2022. Kimura brought a unique perspective to the Board, colleagues said. Kimura was the long-time executive director of the Hilo-based Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council (HCEOC) which, under his leadership, fought for the reduction, prevention, alleviation and elimination of poverty on Hawaiʻi Island.
To see the June 2025 Board agenda and for a link to a video of the meeting, go to the Board’s webpage here.
The 2024 Hawaiʻi Housing Planning Study is now available!
The 2024 Hawaiʻi Housing Planning Study (HHPS) has been released and is now available to the public.
The 215-page study estimates that Hawaiʻi will need 64,490 additional housing units to meet demand by 2027.
While the new total suggests that there was a significant jump in the number of units needed over the 2019 HHPS, the increase is largely the result of a significant increase in the state’s population, as well as an updated and improved methodology that is more accurate than the formula that was used in the previous study.
The results of the study also suggest that, with the help of the state Legislature, the efforts of HHFDC and other state as well as county housing agencies have helped to reduce the demand. In fact, the number of additional units needed would be much greater if not for those efforts.
To learn more about the 2024 Hawaiʻi Housing Planning Study and previous studies, visit HHFDC’s new Hawaiʻi Housing Planning Study landing page here. You can find links to an appendix and PowerPoint there as well.
Affordable for-sale Kuilei Place community breaks ground
Ground was broken in early April on the 1,005-unit affordable, for-sale Kuilei Place in Moʻilʻili.Sixty percent of the units are designated as either affordable or workforce housing, between 80% and 140% of Area Median Income. The targeted group includes first-time homebuyers in careers that are in high demand such as teachers and nurses.Visit www.kuileiplace.com to learn more about the Kobayashi Group, which headed the partnership, and the key roles that Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation – HHFDC — played in this project. More than 85% of the units, which include one-, two and three-bedroom homes, have already been sold. The target market includes kama’āina workforce families.Some of the purchasers may be eligible for HHFDC’s new Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot (DEP) program. Health care professionals, educators and first responders may be able to achieve homeownership as a result of the DEP program through HHFDC’s purchase of a portion of the equity in specific units. The project is expected to be completed in 2027.
What’s new at HHFDC?
- (06/05/2025) Governor Josh Green, M.D., issued his 13th Emergency Proclamation on affordable housing this week. For more information, go to our Emergency Proclamation Affordable Housing Certification Application Landing Page here.
- (06/04/2025) A link to supporting documents from Ward Research Inc. for the 2024 Hawaiʻi Housing Planning Study can now be found here.
- (05/29/2025) Links to an appendix and PowerPoint for the 2024 Hawaiʻi Housing Planning Study can be found on the HHPS landing page here!
- (05/23/2025) HHFDC’s statewide Affordable Housing Inventory List and a companion Affordable Housing Inventory Locator Map have been updated to show the most current rental information. See both here.
- (05/20/2025) G-37 GET application fees will rise slightly for the one-year period that begins July 1, 2025. Learn more here.
- (05/14/2025) The 2024 Hawaiʻi Housing Planning Study (HHPS) is now available. See it here or, for more information, see the new HHPS landing page here.
- (05/12/2025) HUDʻs Income Rent and Sales Guidelines (by county) for 2025 — that apply to 201H-38 projects — have been released. See the new tables here.
- (04/23/2025) HUD’s Multifamily Tax Subsidy Projects (MTSP) Income Limits for 2025 — that apply to projects that are participating in LIHTC, RHRF, HMMF and RARF programs — have been released. See the new tables here.
The Affordable Housing Pipeline Dashboard tracks hundreds of affordable projects in the development pipeline since the start of the Green Administration. Data was collected from publicly-available sources to identify projects where a proportion of the units have affordability restrictions or are Department of Hawaiian Home Lands homesteads. These projects are tracked across seven phases of housing development to provide greater insight into when projects will be completed and what hurdles they face. To see the entire dashboard and take advantage of its features, click here.
HHFDC’s Planned/In Construction Affordable and Workforce Housing Projects List
HHFDC’s Planned/In Construction Affordable and Workforce Housing Projects List, those projects that received assistance by the agency, are listed in the charts below by county. Click on the links below to see each chart.
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