Keeping Lahaina lands in lahaina hands

We hold space, not displace.

We are the Lahaina community land trust

We are a hui of dedicated professionals who have identified strategies to help preserve the character of the Lahaina community. We are experienced and educated kiaʻi, rooted to our island culture, organizing to protect and care for our lands.

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We serve the community of lahaina

The Vision

A thriving community, rooted by kamaʻāina, and generational Lahaina ʻohana, where our relationship with ʻāina breeds collective well-being.

The Lahaina Community Land Trust is led by dedicated, Lahaina-rooted professionals, committed to the long-term recovery of Lahaina. We see the rising of Lahaina as an ʻohā, a next generation offspring of the makua that came before. Our intention is to nurture that ʻohā to ensure it grows healthy and strong, a beautiful reflection of the previous generation.

The Mission

To protect and perpetuate Lahaina, by empowering the Lahaina community to live, engage, and prosper, restoring and caring for its ʻāina and ea.

Our goal is to help keep Lahaina families in Lahaina, protect cultural and environmental sites and explore values-based economies as Lahaina rebuilds. Experienced and educated kiaʻi, we are organizing to ensure Lahaina lands will remain in the hands of our community for future generations.

What is a community land trust?

Community Land Trusts (CLT) are powerful and enduring structures for land protection and land justice. They are nonprofits that purchase and own land with the purpose of keeping it in community control, to be used as the community determines.

What’s next For Lahaina Landowners?

As a Lahaina landowner considering the possibility of selling, we understand the complexities and emotions involved in this decision. We're here to explore a partnership that respects your needs and aligns with your values.

By completing a brief inquiry form, we can get the information necessary to see how we can assist you. Rest assured, we'll reach out to you within seven days to discuss how we can work together, ensuring your decisions are met with the care and consideration they deserve.

Homeowner

Workshop

Mahalo for joining us at our Homeowner Workshop held on Saturday, April 27th from 9am - 3pm.

In the Media:

‘O Ke Kahua Ma Mua

Learn about community-based land trusts in this panel with Lahaina Community Land Trust - Carolyn Auweloa & Tamara Paltin - and Reyna Ramolete, moderated by Laura Hōkū Kaʻakua. This presentation comes from day one of "Kākoʻo Maui" the 22nd Annual Native Hawaiian Convention.

View fullsize Mahalo to everyone who came to Saturdayʻs Lahaina Homeownerʻs Workshop! It was a wonderful day of support that started with a group discussion: What does Keep Lahaina Lands in Lahaina Hands mean to you? Lahaina Community Land Trustʻs first goal is t
View fullsize Lahaina Community Land Trust has established a diversified program base that will allow us to work with community to put parcels held by the trust to the highest and best use for the community. Initially acquired parcels may be banked for a period
View fullsize Lahaina Community Land Trust is part of a much larger movement across Hawaiʻi and the U.S. to give communities self determination, restore indigenous values in community development, and build a foundation of justice and equity. NDNCollective is a bi
View fullsize This Hawaiian music band in Seattle donated all of the proceeds from their Earth Day performance to Lahaina Community Land Trust’s land fund. Sending a big mahalo across the ocean to the band, Nā Hilahila, Paula and Ernesto at Sheridan Market a
View fullsize Weʻve come a long way since the fire. All of us. In the very early days, we heard our communityʻs concerns about long-term land protection, and started organizing a solution that would become Lahaina Community Land Trust. Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
View fullsize Just added to the agenda: United Policyholders will be there offering help to get every insurance dollar you are entitled to under your policy. United Policyholders is an independent nonprofit helping wildfire impacted people and communities naviga
View fullsize ELIGIBILITY The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Kanaaho Grants will provide critical support to Native Hawaiian homeowners and renters in the wildfire impact zones of Lahaina and Kula. It is the first disbursement of the $5 million in disaster aid fundin
View fullsize If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. Especially in tough times like these…. Mahalo so much to the capable hands, near and far, working together to build a land trust that the Lahaina community can be proud of,