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  type: guide
  id: usda-hb-3555-13.7
  authority: USDA SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook HB-1-3555 ¶13.7 —
    Loans On Hawaiian Home Lands
  description: USDA SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook HB-1-3555 ¶13.7
    — Loans On Hawaiian Home Lands.
  coverage_tier: operative
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  section: USDA SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook HB-1-3555 ¶13.7 — Loans
    On Hawaiian Home Lands
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  - corpus-expansion
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    authority: USDA SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook HB-1-3555 ¶13.7
      — Loans On Hawaiian Home Lands
    source_class: usda-handbook
    source_url: https://www.rd.usda.gov/sites/default/files/hb-1-3555_consolidated.pdf
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    paragraph_quote: '13.7 LOANS ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS A. Definition Hawaiian Home
      Lands consists of property owned by the State of Hawaii, Department of Hawaiian
      Home Lands (DHHL) and held in trust for Native Hawaiians. An applicant purchasing
      a home on Hawaiian Home lands must be a Native Hawaiian, as determined by DHHL.
      B. Requirements In order for a mortgage with a Hawaiian Home Lands lease to
      be eligible for guarantee, the property shall be located within an area designated
      as Hawaiian Home Lands, and DHHL shall have granted to the applicants a homestead
      lease covering the HB-1-3555 (03-09-16) SPECIAL PN 13-8 Revised (10-12-23) PN
      594 Guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, unless expressly authorized
      by statute or incorporated into a contract. USDA may not cite, use, or rely
      on any guidance that is not available through their guidance portal, except
      to establish historical facts. property. For loans to Native Hawaiians on Hawaiian
      Home Lands, the lender must obtain: x Certification that the lease provided
      by DHHL is not in default and has not been cancelled. x All other requirements
      set forth in 7 CFR Part 3555 and any successor regulation. x All other requirements
      set forth in an MOU between DHHL and USDA Rural Development which is available
      in the USDA LINC Training and Resource Library, located at www.rd.usda.gov/resources/usda-linc-training-resource-
      library/loan-origination. C. Recording Mortgages on Hawaiian Home Lands leaseholds
      are recorded in the recording system established at DHHL. SECTION 2: MANUFACTURED
      HOMES [7 CFR 3555.208]'
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