Hawaii program
Hawaii route through Kauai County Housing Agency. This page stays free for the core public facts. Open paid access only when you need the full state board, related paths, and the decision layer around this program.
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Kauai is detail-safe if the page clearly separates the live waitlist path from current loan-funding availability. Public copy should say the Affordable Housing Waitlist is open, recent loan use is documented, and the revolving-fund mechanism remains active in county planning, but should stop short of claiming that fresh county loan dollars are publicly confirmed as open right now.
Source note: The homebuyer page says the loan is available if funding exists, while the waitlist flyer makes the intake path look more absolute. The brochure still uses 2024 KMHI examples, the current income-limit file is 2025, residency wording varies between preference and apparent requirement, and legacy land-lease terms are not perfectly aligned across documents.
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Current Kauai materials describe a primary county loan up to $450,000 plus a GAP mortgage up to $150,000, but current public funding availability should still be treated as conditional.
County homebuyer loan with GAP mortgage option
The primary loan is described as 30-year amortizing with a 15-year balloon, while the GAP mortgage is described as 30-year amortizing with the first 7 years interest-only.
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Kauai first-time homebuyers, including spouse or partner households meeting the county 3-year majority-interest rule, Borrowers completing approved homebuyer education before entering the county waitlist, Households meeting current Kauai income limits and county housing rules, Applicants using the Affordable Housing Waitlist path for county for-sale opportunities
Current Kauai materials describe a primary county loan up to $450,000 plus a GAP mortgage up to $150,000. The brochure ties rates to borrower KMHI bands rather than one flat public rate, and current public pages still condition actual loan use on funding availability and project-specific notice through the county waitlist path.
Current county materials describe the primary loan as a 30-year amortizing loan with a 15-year balloon. The companion GAP mortgage is described as a 30-year amortizing loan with the first 7 years interest-only. Public copy should also make clear that the waitlist path is live while current publicly confirmed loan-funding availability remains uncertain.
Complete homebuyer education, submit the Homebuyer Registration Form to enter Kauai's Affordable Housing Waitlist, receive a perpetual Home Buyer Number, and wait for county notification when a for-sale opportunity or funding-specific letter-of-intent path becomes available.
Kauai County still publicly supports a Home Buyer Loan Program path through its Housing Agency, with required homebuyer education, a live Affordable Housing Waitlist registration path, and published primary-loan and GAP-mortgage terms. Current public materials do not prove that loan dollars are open for immediate draw today, but they do show recent program use and continuing revolving-fund planning.
2026-04-22
Current Kauai loan brochure dated 2024; current waitlist flyer dated 2024-06-25; current income limits dated 2025-05-15; recent funding evidence verified through CAPER 2024 and 2025-2030 planning documents
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Amount: Current Kauai materials describe a primary county loan up to $450,000 plus a GAP mortgage up to $150,000, but current public funding availability should still be treated as conditional.
Repayment: The primary loan is described as 30-year amortizing with a 15-year balloon, while the GAP mortgage is described as 30-year amortizing with the first 7 years interest-only.
First-time buyer: Required
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