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PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
MANAGING GROWTH: 3.3 Social Services and Housing
Action 3.3.3.e (page 3-13)
Offer educational programs, through the County Office of Housing and
Community Development, to develop financial skills of renters who seek opportunities for home ownership, and to develop awareness of effective rental strategies for owners and tenants.
(3.3.1)
Goals:
a) Puna residents have improved access to emergency and primary medical care and preventive public health programs.
b) Substance abuse, domestic violence and other social
problems are reduced.
c) Puna residents have increased access to assistance programs to develop, repair or rent affordable housing.
d) Programs are available to assist those seeking
housing in Puna.
e) Public education is better integrated into Puna’s communities.
(3.3.2) Objectives:
Seek additional locations for medical/substance abuse/senior home care treatment
facilities in both lower and upper Puna.
Provide effective and readily accessible substance abuse treatment and prevention services within Puna.
Provide transitional shelter and programs
to assist homeless Puna residents in moving toward self-sufficient status.
Support initiatives by DHHL to develop appropriate projects for housing and job opportunities for Native Hawaiians
in Puna.
Increase the availability of accessible and affordable housing through self-help programs, government assistance and innovative housing tenure arrangements, such as co-housing,
limited equity cooperatives, and community land trusts.
Increase opportunity for community involvement in public education.
Urge the State to locate its community facilities, such as
public schools, in designated village/town centers, and to design them in conformance to the criteria applicable to the type of village/town center at that location.
College level classes
and vocational training opportunities should be provided in the Puna district in order to make post high school education more accessible to Puna residents and to help create a more
highly-trained and skilled local workforce for emerging industries and commerce.
Action 3.3.3.e
Offer educational programs, through the County Office of Housing and Community Development, to develop financial skills of renters who seek opportunities for home ownership,
and to develop awareness of effective rental strategies for owners and tenants.
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Action 3.3.3.e
Offer educational programs, through the
County Office of Housing and Community Development, to develop financial skills of renters who seek opportunities for home ownership, and to develop awareness of effective rental strategies
for owners and tenants.