Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) administers the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, which set aside approximately 200,000 acres of land for homesteading by Kānaka ʻŌiwi with at least 50 percent Hawaiian blood. Mālama ʻia the homestead waitlist — which currently spans tens of thousands of applicants — leases homestead lots for residential, agricultural, and ranching purposes, and develops infrastructure on Hawaiian Home Lands. DHHL is constitutionally mandated and its programs are directed by the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

Kanaka ʻŌiwi families on the homestead waitlist — some of whom have waited decades for a lot — are pili pono ʻia by DHHL's land development priorities and award decisions. All nā kānaka o Hawaiʻi he kuleana ko lākou ma whether the state fulfills its constitutional obligation to Kanaka ʻŌiwi homesteaders.