Homebuyers

We continue to be impressed and inspired with the quality of folks that come to us as part of a Hawai'i Village Build (HVB) team. Hawai'i Village Builds are organized volunteer trips where individuals from various places, join together as a team that is coordinated by a Team Leader, to visit the Hawaiian Islands to support our mission of building...

On the afternoon of June 23, 2023 Kaua‘i Habitat for Humanity passed the keys to the first two completed homes in the Waimea Huakai subdivision and final three homes in ‘Ele‘ele Iluna, which mark the completion of the subdivision. The recent home completions bring the total number of homes provided by Kaua'i Habitat to 233. “We are proud of the new...

[caption id="attachment_12522" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ross Anthony, M.Ed.[/caption] You always hear us talking about how wonderful our volunteers are. When you hear this, you probably picture people in hard hats swinging hammers. Well, there are plenty of ways to make an impact at Kaua'i Habitat without ever picking up a hammer. One example is videographer, editor and volunteer Ross Anthony, M.Ed., who visited...

Recently the Hawaii Business Magazine published an article highlighting Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity and their accomplishments over the past 30 years. The digital format of the article is available by clicking here, while the print version appeared in the April edition of the magazine. The article is titled Kaua'i Affiliate is Habitat for Humanity's Top Builder in Hawai'i and discusses how...

As many of you know the Rotary Club does good things for people all around the globe. One program the club offers is the Rotary Youth Exchange, which is a volunteer driven program that gives high school students the opportunity to study abroad for an entire year. Recently Hawai'i (Rotary District 5000) had four students that were studying and experiencing...

  Kaua’i Habitat for Humanity is announcing its 2023 offering for affordable housing (house and lot) including opportunities in the Kalaheo Pu'u Maluhia subdivision and possible other scattered lots on island. Individuals who are interested in the Habitat self-help homebuyer program must fall within income guidelines and meet other program requirements. Those interested should click here to download and print a Program...

When you think of a Habitat Team Build, the first thing that comes to mind is building homes. But often more than that is produced while spending the day working side by side serving others. I couldn't help thinking that on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, when twelve employees from Rent-A-Center arrived on the 'Ele'ele Iluna jobsite. The team members all work...

In an amazing display of the aloha spirit, a build team from Layton Construction arrived at our 'Ele'ele Iluna jobsite to work alongside our homebuyers as they did construction on their new homes. This isn't the first time the nationally ranked construction company has done something like this. In fact the Kaua'i branch of the company, which has offices throughout...

It was a beautiful day on Friday, August 26th, 2022 as Kaua‘i Habitat for Humanity passed the keys to five new affordable homes on Kaua‘i. You could see trucks packed with belongings parked nearby as families received their keys and prepared to move into their new homes.  The deserving homebuyers who received their keys were Dexter Corpuz, Keoki Pantorilla, Bradley...

Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity is excited to introduce Nicole Pacanas as our new Volunteer Program Manager. Nicole comes to the position with the unique advantage of experiencing the nonprofits volunteer program from every aspect. She and her family were in the first group of homebuyers in the second phase of the 'Ele'ele Iluna subdivision. So she was initially introduced to...