Hawaiian Homesteaders Are First To Get Pandemic Relief Funds To Help Pay The Mortgage … The $5 million mortgage relief program is the latest effort by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to help people struggling to pay their bills.
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement has begun accepting applications for $5 million in federal funds to help people on Hawaiian Homelands who have fallen behind on their mortgages because of the pandemic.
While renters throughout the state have had access to rent and utility assistance since May 2020, homeowners have not had the same amount of assistance.
“We have around 4,000 or so mortgages on Hawaiian Homelands, and throughout the pandemic, many of those residents have been financially impacted, but there weren’t any programs to provide them any sort of relief,” said Cedric Duarte, a spokesman for the Department of Hawaiian Homelands.
