Investment firm offers to help Hawaii teachers buy homes By Andrew Gomes May 1, 2019
DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM Community leaders Tuesday announced at a news conference in the C. Brewer Building a new initiative to address the housing crisis and improve teacher retention. Among them were Keith Amemiya of the Hawaii Executive Conference, left, greeting Gov. David Ige; Jack Wong, co-chairman of the Conference Education Committee; and Christina Kishimoto, state schools superintendent
A company that helps educators buy homes in high-cost communities has “landed� in Hawaii with a $25 million bankroll envisioned to help improve chronically poor public school teacher retention. San Francisco-based Landed is kicking off its program, described by backers as innovative, after working with a local business executive organization and the Hawaii Community Foundation.