A new 72-unit emergency, transitional and low-income affordable rental

project officially opened yesterday in Wai'anae.

The 250-resident, $16.5 million Kahikolu 'Ohana Hale 'O Wai'anae is the

result of a collaboration between the state, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg

Foundation Inc. and the Hawai'i Coalition of Christian Churches.

The facility incorporates an emergency shelter for short-term assistance and

a transitional shelter that will allow residents to stay for up to two

years.