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Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

14.873

Program objective

To provide funds to carry out affordable housing activities, including rental assistance both on and off the Hawaiian home lands, for eligible low-income Native Hawaiians.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    Through this program, the grant recipient projects to assist 30 homeowners by either building, acquiring, or substantially rehabilitating their homes. Through this program, the grant recipient assisted 65 homeowners by either building, acquiring, or substantially rehabilitating their homes.

  2. 2017

    Through this program, the grant recipient projects to assist 65 homeowners by either building, acquiring, or substantially rehabilitating their homes.

  3. 2018

    Through this program, the grant recipient projects to assist 30 homeowners by either building, acquiring, or substantially rehabilitating their homes.

  4. 2019

    The State of Hawaii’s Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), the sole eligible grant recipient, was able to assist 30 homeowners by either building, acquiring, or substantially rehabilitating their homes.

  5. 2020

    In 2020, $2 million in grant funds were used to provide tenant-based housing assistance to 29 families.

  6. 2021

    Constructed five housing units, rehabilitated five housing units, and provided tenant-based housing assistance to 177 households.

  7. 2022

    Constructed five housing units, provided temporary homeowner assistance for 218 households, and provided emergency rental and utility assistance for 231 households.

  8. 2024

    HUD awarded $22 million to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, which used some of the funds to provide temporary homeowner assistance; provide emergency rental and utility assistance; and develop sites for the future construction of homes.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Interim Rule published June 13, 2002. Final regulations effective December 29, 2003.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Housing

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)

Additional resources