HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are on monitor to commit $600 million to a long-underfunded program to supply properties and land leases to Native Hawaiians by the tip of the present legislative session this week. .
The allocations come after Hawaii’s tourism and state tax income rebounded from a COVID-19 pandemic collapse. Lawmakers ran a $2 billion basic fund surplus this 12 months as a substitute of a large income shortfall.
Below Hawaii legislation, they’re giving a part of the reward on to taxpayers: $300 will go to people who made lower than $100,000 a 12 months in 2021 and to {couples} who made lower than $200,000. People and {couples} who received greater than these quantities will obtain $100.
Home and Senate lawmakers are anticipated to approve the reimbursement legislation when it goes as much as vote on the ground on Tuesday.
The $600 million for Native Hawaiian housing will assist these eligible underneath the Hawaiian Housing Fee Act of 1920.