How Lending Practices Restrict Hawaiian Homesteaders' Borrowing Power
How Lending Practices Restrict Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Borrowing Power - Honolulu Civil Beat How Lending Practices Restrict Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Borrowing Power Native Hawaiians cannot take out second mortgages or home equity lines of credit on their homesteads — but not everyone understood that was part of the deal. Reading time: 13 minutes. For the few Native Hawaiians who can secure a residential lot on Hawaiian Home Lands, the ground holds the potential to fulfill a century-old promise. The advantages of homeownership, a maintainable property to pass down to children, the restor...
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