COUNTY
OF KAUAI
HOUSING AGENCY
4193 HARDY STREET
LIHUE , HI 96766
Phone : (808) 241-6444
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS
(HOME) PROGRAM
The HOME program is a HUD housing grant program that
is locally designed to increase the supply of decent, safe, affordable and
sanitary housing for very-low and low-income families. The HOME Program works to provide loans and
grants to local jurisdictions that can be used to help implement locally
designed housing programs. This
typically involves the creation of partnerships between government and
nonprofit organizations to implement home ownership and rental housing projects.
HUD provides HOME funds to the
State, who in turn, distributes the funds to the neighbor island counties. The Kauai County Housing Agency administers
the HOME program locally according to HUD regulations (24 CFR 92). The objective of the program is to increase
housing opportunities for very-low and low-income families with primary
attention to home ownership opportunities for first-time homebuyers, self-help
home ownership projects, rehabilitation of rental housing, and transitional
housing for special needs groups. A schedule of
events 
and Fact Sheet are updated
periodically.
Examples of previous HOME-assisted projects include:
* Hale Kupuna ($1,110,000): New
construction of 28 rental units in Kalaheo for low-income elderly
households. Project completed in
partnership with the Kauai Housing Development Corporation.
* Hanapepe Self-Help
($840,100): Land acquisition and site infrastructure improvements to prepare
site for the new construction of 23 self-help homes. Project completed in partnership with the
Self-Help Housing Corporation of
* Lihue Theater ($2,100,000 ): New construction of 
21 rental units for
low-income elderly households and historic restoration of the Lihue
Theater. Project completed in
partnership with the Kauai Housing Development Corporation.
* Plantation Traditional Living ($886,330): Rehabilitation of
14 rental units at the historic Waimea Mill Camp. Project completed in partnership with Kikiaola Land Company, Ltd.
* Kilauea Estates ($6,787,000): New construction of 49
contractor built homes for low-income households. Project completed in partnership
with Pacific Housing Development Corporation.
* Building Kauai With Aloha
($1,020,000): New construction of 51 self-help homes for low-income
households. HOME funds used to assist
Kauai Habitat for Humanity
pay "wall out" costs associated with homebuilding.
For further information regarding the HOME Program,
call Gary Mackler, HOME Coordinator, at 241-6867.