Yearly Archives: 2009

WASHINGTON, DC - December 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Daniel K. Akaka and Daniel K. Inouye announced today that Hawai‘i will be eligible to apply for more than $21 million in grants distributed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for 2010. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano released the application guidance for the DHS grants programs today.

LĪHU‘E - November 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property owners who sustained damages to their real property as a result of the recent flood disaster may be eligible for disaster tax relief. Claims can be made on damages that resulted directly from flood waters overflowing the banks or walls of a nearby river or stream

WASHINGTON, Dc - November 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Honolulu will receive $3,863,700 to fund energy efficient initiatives including the reduction of fossil fuel emissions, the creation of green jobs, and the implementation of practices that lessen overall energy use, Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka announced today.The federal funds are made available to Honolulu through the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) award.

LIHUE, HI - October 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- County officials are encouraging homeowners to take advantage of the county’s real property tax relief programs. “We want to remind everyone that there are a number of tax relief programs available to Kaua'i homeowners and urge them to apply for these programs,” said Director of Finance Wallace Rezentes, Jr

WASHINGTON, DC - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel K. Inouye announced today that the full Senate approved $60,550,000 million in funding for various transportation, housing and urban development initiatives in Hawaii.

August 11, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Honolulu International Airport will receive $24 million and Kahului Airport will receive $7 million for the construction of new inline baggage handling systems to improve explosive detection capabilities, U.S. Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka announced today.

HONOLULU, HI - August 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Frank Diaz was sentenced on July 28, 2009 before Circuit Court Judge Derrick Chan for multiple tax violations. He pled guilty to all six counts in his criminal tax case which include one count of filing a false and fraudulent tax return for tax year 2006, three counts of failing to file his annual general excise returns for tax years 2003 through 2005 and two counts of failing to file his 2004 and 2005 individual income tax returns.

Washington, D.C. - July 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. House today gave final approval to the 2010 Transportation and Housing & Urban Development Appropriations Bill, funding the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Washington, D.C. - July 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Hawaii residents will be able to apply for $1,235,985 in rebates for the purchase of new ENERGY STAR qualified home appliances, U.S. Representative Neil Abercrombie announced today. The funding is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the economic recovery legislation passed by Congress in February.

Washington, D.C. - July 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie says the federal government will be providing assistance to prevent homelessness among Hawaii families who are facing a financial crisis and to respond rapidly to re-house families who are among the new homeless because of the economic recession.

HONOLULU, HI - June 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel K. Inouye and Senator Daniel K. Akaka announced today the State will receive more than $9.8 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to boost affordable housing programs that have been affected by the economic recession.

Cleanup of East Kapolei site will help protect affordable housing projects for native Hawaiians. HONOLULU, HI - June 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Acting Regional Administrator Laura Yoshii awarded $200,000 in Brownfields cleanup grant funding to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL).

LĪHU'E, HI - June 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — County officials announced an increase in the Department of Water’s cost of power adjustment charge effective July 1. The increase, $0.03 per thousand gallons, will cover the energy costs incurred during the past fiscal year that were higher than the energy cost allowance in the water rates.

LIHU‘E,HI - June 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Open Space Commission is encouraging the public to participate in its annual survey and make suggestions as to what lands or property entitlements, e.g. accessways, the County should consider purchasing or otherwise acquiring.

KEKAHA, HI - June 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Following a successful recruitment by a local community organization E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha, volunteers have begun the task of going house-to-house to distribute the Host Community Benefits survey (HCB) to every household in Kekaha.