New Beginning for Kunia Village

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By Andrew Gomes | August 10, 2016
Kunia, HI

The nonprofit Hawaii Agriculture Research Center on Tuesday blessed the first of what will be 82 renovated or new homes made available at affordable rents to low-income farmworkers…

“This is a fine moment,” said U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, who grew up on a rice farm in Japan and helped build federal support for the $40 million Kunia project. “When I look at this housing, it brings back to me the struggles of people who just want to be able to work hard, support their families and live in housing that is affordable to them — and we all came together to make that happen.”