Betty Ann Hurdle spent 54 years on the Hawaiian homelands waitlist before finally receiving an award in March for property in Kapolei. Hours after signing an agreement, the 80-year-old went for a ride with her son to survey their new home.
There are no houses yet on the 200-acre plot next to Skyline stops in East Kapolei. Underground electric lines and pipes for water and sewer aren’t expected for another three years. Roads are still being dug and streetlights are only on some portions of the new development. Right now, there’s mostly dirt.
Hurdle still felt excited. She has a lease in hand that entitles her to a piece of property — and gives her something to pass down to her son and his family, who don’t qualify for the program without her and can inherit her home but not her spot on the waitlist…