Kali Watson talked about the homeless crisis in Hawaii. KITV4 Island Television reported on the affordable housing crisis.

Ikenakea Development’ s Chinatown Hotel project is discussed on the KITV4 News on June 17, 2022. Ikenakea Development touts its $127 million project as a vision for revitalizing a deteriorating district, and an opportunity to provide 100 full-time local jobs.

Stephanie Salman’s article, New hotel, affordable housing proposed in Honolulu's Chinatown, appeared in the Pacific Business News on December 16, 2021. She writes about our Chinatown project in Honolulu.

In the December 10th, 2021 article, Chinatown May Get More Affordable Housing For Older Adults, Plus A Hotel, Cassie Ordonio writes about our Chinatown projects in Honolulu. This ground-up hotel development will serve as an anchor for the Chinatown community and catalyst for investment and redevelopment of the area. It will bring jobs, foot traffic, and tax revenues that have historically only benefited areas such as Ala Moana and Waikiki to Chinatown.

We were honored To have our Governor, David Ige and Development Corp. Executive Director Denise Iseri-Matsubara in attendance at the groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for our Hale Makana O Moiʻiliʻili project.

In the article, Old housing in Moiliili cleared for affordable midrise, by Andrew Gomes, he writes about our groundbreaking ceremony for Hale Makana o Mo‘ili‘ili.

We are in the article, Affordable senior housing project in Moilili advances, by Stephanie Salmons, a Reporter with the Pacific Business News. The Oct 6, 2021 article discusses our Hale Makana O Moiliili project.

A blessing was held for a new affordable kupuna housing rental project in Mo’ili’ili on Tuesday, Oct. 5.

“At the state level the Hawaii Development Finance Corporation has awarded Hale Makana in Moiliili $1.7 million in state and federal low income housing tax credits,” said Gov. David Ige.”We’ve also committed $13.6 million in rental housing funds so that we can commit to the lowest rental rates for our community.”

Here is a very interesting article by Kenna StormoGipson called, Here’s An Affordable Housing Plan That’s Already Working.

Portland, San Francisco and LA have all upped property taxes to build housing. Hawaii — which has the lowest property taxes in the country — should do the same with its investment properties, starting in Maui.

The article, “ Highridge Costa to hold lottery for its Kapolei affordable rentals project” written by Andrew Gomes discusses our Hale Makana O Mo‘ili‘ili project.

Max Rodriguez wrote an article in KHON2 news about the proposed project by Ikenakea Development. The proposal is for a 15 floor hotel in the Chinatown neighborhood of Honolulu. There is also a video about the proposed project.

The article, “Mayor says county intends to use water for housing projects” by Kehaulani Cerzio from July 7, 2021 discusses the use of water for housing projects.

In the Pacific Business News article, Honolulu resolution seeks to add to layer of rules for affordable housing developers, Janis L. Magin addresses new rules for us.

In Hawaii Business Magazine’ s article, Construction Helps Drive the Local Economy in Tourism’s Absence, our project Hale Makana O Maili is mentioned. Beverly Creamer writes about how construction is helping the economy that has been greatly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the December 27, 2019 article, Hawaiian Community Development Board: A New Vision for Affordable Housing, By Puanani Fernandez-Akamine, she writes about HCBD’ s Kali Watson and Patti Barbee’s visions. HCDB was founded by Kali as a continuation of his passion for providing Native Hawaiian families with affordable housing options.

In the article, Fixing the Backlog of Native Hawaiians Waiting for Homesteads, Noelle Fuji-Oride writes about the native Hawaiians waiting for homesteads.

Our project, Hale Makana O Mailii, is mentioned i n the article, Four Hawaii affordable rental projects get tax-credit financing, in Pacific Business News.