HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Residents of a city-connected rent-to-own housing program in Ewa say they were promised the chance to buy their homes, but have never been given the opportunity to do so.
Walter Saragosa and Wendy Broxson live a few doors apart on Orrick Street in Tenney Village as tenants of the nonprofit Pacific Housing Assistance Corporation.
Both said they moved in after seeing an offer — still posted on the organization’s website — promising qualified moderate- and low-income workers the chance to rent and eventually own a renovated plantation house.
Residents say they met program requirements
Saragosa said documentation he provided to HNN Investigates shows in writing that a rent-to-own program existed. He and Broxson said residents were told to maintain their properties, follow association rules, and they would eventually be able to purchase their homes…