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  • The Garden Island

    Zuckerberg, Chan donate to affordable housing program

    KILAUEA — A pre-Thanksgiving surprise strengthened an affordable housing project on Kauai’s North Shore. Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have gifted Permanently Affordable Living Hawaii (PAL) $626,000 to support…

  • THE GARDEN ISLAND

    Nareit helps Permanently Affordable Living Hawai‘i with roof

    ANAHOLA — Permanently Affordable Living Hawai‘i staff members Taylor Lani, Crystal Caday-Bargayo and Ka‘iulani Kauahi had mu‘umu‘u worn on Wednesday, not only because PAL Hawai‘i was being visited by Gladys Quinto Marrone, the…

  • THE GARDEN ISLAND

    PAL Kaua‘i, KIFB deliver holiday food

    KEKAHA — Permanently Affordable Living Kaua‘i and Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank partnered on Wednesday to deliver a box of holiday food to formerly houseless tenants at Kauhale O Kekaha. “We wanted to do something special for our tenants,” said PAL Kaua‘i Associate Executive…

  • BIG ISLAND NOW

    Successful Kaua‘i nonprofit now working on first affordable housing project on Big Island

    For about a year, Jim Edmonds' Kauaʻi-based nonprofit was searching for the perfect property to develop its first affordable housing project on the Big Island — and two months ago it was found in Pepeʻekeo…

  • THE GARDEN ISLAND

    Affordable housing nonprofit buys Hoku Foods building in Kapa‘a

    The affordable housing nonprofit Permanently Affordable Living has bought the Hoku Building in Kapa‘a, which features 14 apartments and Hoku Foods Natural Market. The buyers consider the purchase an affordability preservation project…

In the archives

The Garden Island: PAL Determined to put up housing

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Grow your own - It’s easier than you might think

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: A tale of three topics: Evictions, home-selling, home-buying

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: But for the grace of God?

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Water is life… But at what cost?

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Back to Our Roots?

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Is ‘affordable housing’ a sick joke?

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Help is available to avoid eviction

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Are You (We) Okay? Mental Health. . . Amid COVID

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Good Grief! Just what does that even mean?

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: May you live in interesting times; well maybe not this interesting

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Can Kauaʻi businesses recover from COVID-19? If so… HOW?

The Garden Island, PAL Papers: Can Kauaʻi recover from COVID-19? If so… HOW?

Midweek Kauaʻi: A Home for Everyone

The Garden Island: Housing - and So Much More

The Garden Island: 100 Come to Meeting On WIS for Kealia Mauka Subdivision

The Garden Island, Other Voices: Help Make Affordable Housing Happen

The Garden Island, Other Voices: Kauaʻi’s Hidden Homeless: Hoku Rowland

The Garden Island, Other Voices: Election Reflection: Our Homeless Neighbors

The Garden Island, Other Voices: Let’s get serious about growing our own food

The Garden Island, Homegrown Housing: Affordable Housing Crisis: Hopeful Suggestions for the Government

The Garden Island, Homegrown Housing: Affordable Housing Crisis: How you can help

The Garden Island, Homegrown Housing: Is a $500,000 Home Affordable?

The Garden Island: Residents: Housing, Planning need General Plan Attention