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Hawaii’s Big Fix to Its Housing Shortage for Native Hawaiians? A Casino. The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is pushing a plan to build a casino on ancestral land to raise money for more housing. This happened just after the Star-Advertiser and ProPublica found chronic problems in the state’s native land program. Dec. 24, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EST Department of Hawaiian Home Lands officials said a casino could generate at least $30 million annually for the agency, which faces funding shortfalls and potential budget cuts. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser) A Failed Housing Pledge to Native Hawaiians ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. ....