News & Notices

The Hawaiʻi Public Housing Authority (HPHA) has announced a Master Developer that will be responsible for redeveloping part of the state’s public housing inventory. Highridge Costa Development Co. will complete the work in multiple phases and create more than 10,000 affordable housing units for nine properties throughout the state. This effort is called the Ka Lei Momi Redevelopment Project and its vision is to replace and create housing units for extremely low-income individuals, families, and workforce employees.

“The Ka Lei Momi Project is the start of our journey to revitalize multiple communities within our public housing inventory,” said HPHA Executive Director Hakim Ouansafi. “Redevelopment presents an exceptional opportunity to close the gap between the need and supply of affordable housing in Hawaiʻi while also transforming our existing low-density public housing properties into modern, mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented communities. The only option to serve the waitlists and give choices to our residents to remain near their ohana, is to build more housing especially in areas where there is concentration of poverty.”

For Moe Mohanna, President of Highridge Costa Development Company, he says the goal is to deliver new housing communities that will change the lives of kamaʻāina. “At Highridge Costa, we sincerely believe everyone deserves a safe, attractive place to call home, and we’re humbled and honored to help make that dream attainable through our work as master developer for Ka Lei Momi in partnership with HPHA.”