Archive for September, 2009

FACE and ACORN

Recently there have been public allegations made about connections between FACE and ACORN. There are no formal connections between FACE and ACORN, and there never have been. ACORN, despite its troubles is a good organization that works on affordable housing and urban renewal in many states across the U.S. Hawaii isn’t one of [...]

Group Backs Housing Director

September 14th, 2009

Housing Board Seeks To Replace Chad Taniguchi HONOLULU — A housing and health care advocacy group gathered on Saturday to thank the governor and lawmakers for listening to their pleas about affordable housing this session. Members of FACE, which is short for “Faith Alliance for Community Equity,” met Saturday. But some were disappointed that both [...]

Hawaii public housing agency may replace executive director

September 11th, 2009

By Mary Vorsino Advertiser Urban Honolulu Writer Chad Taniguchi AT A GLANCE Chad Taniguchi, at a glance: The Hawai’i Public Housing Authority is the state’s largest affordable housing landlord. The agency oversees 5,238 federally funded public housing units statewide, and 864 state-funded units. It also manages a Section 8 rent voucher program, and its homelessness [...]

Public housing getting facelift

September 1st, 2009

$316M plan will remake Kuhio projects, add units By Mary Vorsino Advertiser Urban Honolulu Writer The state has chosen a New Jersey-based company to undertake a $316 million redevelopment of Kuhio Park Terrace and Kuhio Homes, which will include a one-for-one replacement of public housing units along with the addition of 276 subsidized, senior and market [...]