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The Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC)
has begun the revision process for the 2026 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP).
A HYBRID PUBLIC HEARING for the existing 2025 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) and proposed amendments for the 2026 QAP took place on July 30, 2025 both in-person and virtually. Written testimony was also accepted. The proposed QAP is to be effective in 2026. For more information on the QAP process, please go to the QAP landing page website here.
2026 Qualified Allocation Plan Information
Kai Olino now taking applications for affordable rental units in ʻEleʻele, Kauaʻi that give priority to kamaʻaina
Applications are currently being accepted for newly built affordable rental apartments in the sprawling Kai Olino project community in the ʻEleʻele section of Kauaʻi that overlooks Hanapēpē Bay at the Port Allen Commercial Pier.
Both segments give priority to households earning 30% to 100% of area median income (AMI) with priority given to local teachers and essential workers.
Kai Olino I consists of 48 units and Kai Olino II of 27 units — or 75 units — that range in size from two to three bedrooms in size. Kai Olino is a LEED Platinum-certified community that stresses sustainability, ensuring efficient resource usage and environmental harmony.
To learn more, and to put in your application with management agent EAH Housing, go to https://www.eahhousing.org/apartments/kai-olino/. Or call 808-642-5760. Note that Kai Olino Phase I and Kai Olino Phase II have separate application processes and that applicants must apply to each phase individually to be considered. Both phases participate in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing programs.
The project was developed by the Āhē Group.
What’s new at HHFDC?
- (08/19/2025) Governor Josh Green, M.D., issued his 14th Emergency Proclamation on affordable housing recently. For more information, go to our Emergency Proclamation Affordable Housing Certification Application Landing Page here.
- (08/18/2025) Notice of Public Hearing on an Annual Action Plan (AAP) for Program Year 2025-26 (PY2026).
- In-person and virtual public hearings on an Annual Action Plan (AAP) for Program Year 2025-26 (PY2026) — as part of HHFDC’s Consolidated Plan (CP) process — have been scheduled over several months in each of the four counties.
- For the City and County of Honolulu, a hybrid (in-person and virtual) public hearing takes place Wednesday, September 17, 2025 from 10 a.m. at the HHFDC Board room at 677 Queen Street, Suite 300, Honolulu.
- To register and join the meeting virtually, view the City and County of Honolulu public hearing notice here and the informational packet here.
- Check this website in the coming weeks for information regarding public hearings to be held in other counties.
- The purpose of the Consolidated Plan (ConPlan) is to ensure that jurisdictions receiving federal assistance plan for the housing and related needs of low- and moderate income families in a way that improves the availability and affordability of decent, safe and sanitary housing in suitable living environments.
- (08/06/2025) HHFDC has begun the public review and comment period for a draft of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the 2024 Program Year.
- The CAPER is an annual review of the progress made in carrying out the Strategic and Action Plan components of the State of Hawaii’s Consolidated Plan.
- A copy of the 2024 draft can be found here.
- More information on the public comment period can be found here.
- Written public comment on the draft CAPER is being accepted through 4:30 p.m. on August 28, 2025
- (07/15/2025) In-person and virtual public hearings on an Annual Action Plan (AAP) for Program Year 2025-26 (PY2026) — as part of HHFDC’s Consolidated Plan (CP) process — have been scheduled for the coming months in each of the four counties.
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- For Hawaiʻ i Island, an in-person public hearing takes place Thursday, August 14, 2025, from 5 p.m. at Suite 104 (the conference room) of the Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development at 1990 Kinoole Street in Hilo.
- For Hawaiʻi Island, a virtual public hearing takes place Thursday, August 21, 2025, from 12 p.m. Go to this link to register and join the meeting: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/jeiDnv5cTK2nu_7PLMDc0A
- Check this website in the coming weeks for information regarding public hearings to be held for other counties.
- View the formal Hawaiʻi Island public hearing notice here and the informational packet here.
- (06/27/2025) A hybrid public hearing on the 2025 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) and proposed amendments to the 2026 QAP has been scheduled for July 30, 2025, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. More details, including the amended plan for 2026 as well as a summary of the major amendments, are available on the QAP landing page here.
- (06/26/2025) The 2025 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice has been released. Find it here.
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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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