01/01/2020

A New Vision for Affordable Housing.

Kali Watson and Patti Barbee share an extraordinary vision for getting Hawaiians into housing, and together they are making it happen. Watson and Barbee operate the Hawaiian Community Development Board (HCDB), with Watson, HCDB’s founder, serving as President and CEO, and Barbee serving as Senior Vice President.

11/21/2019

Nanakuli Village Center, a dream years in the making, becomes a reality.

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Nanakuli Village Center has jumped off the drawing board, going from blueprints to buildings.

10/4/2019

Developer helps Hawaiian community with affordable housing

Kali Watson’s career as an affordable housing developer pre-dates the establishment of the Hawaiian Community Development Board, the nonprofit he helped start 19 years ago to help the Native Hawaiian community with housing.

8/30/2019

Bill in Congress would boost affordable housing tax credit by 50%

A bill introduced in Congress this year would increase the amount of low-income housing tax credits allocated to each state by 50% over the current levels, which could have meant another $8 million in equity financing for an affordable rental project that broke ground in Kapolei this week.

7/12/2019

State backs affordable-housing towers

A state agency is inclined to provide $130 million for a developer to build two apartment towers near Aloha Stadium for low-income households despite contentious community meetings over much of the project earlier this year.

4/40/2019

Longs Drugs opening Makaha store, preps to start on new Nanakuli shopping center

CVS is opening its newest Hawaii Longs Drugs store in Makaha this weekend, and construction of the $20 million Longs Drugs-anchored Nanakuli Village Center, which will also have an urgent-care clinic and a dialysis facility as well as other retail and restaurant tenants, is set to start in the next couple of weeks.