Dorie-Ann Kahale and her five daughters moved from a homeless shelter to a mansion Thursday, courtesy of a Japanese real estate mogul who is handing over eight of his multimillion-dollar homes to low-income Native Hawaiian families.
Tears spilled down Kahale’s cheeks as she accepted from Genshiro Kawamoto the key to a white, columned house with a circular driveway, a stone staircase and a deep porcelain bathtub.
Billionaire Gives Mansions to Homeless (AP)
But some residents, including Anita Bruhl, who sits on the Kahala Community Association board, are livid.
“If these people do not maintain the properties, he will have the full force of the neighborhood coming down on their heads,” said Bruhl, also a Realtor with Mary Worrall Associates. “We’re going to watch him like a hawk.”
Kahala neighborhood has mixed reaction to Kawamoto (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
I can almost hear Ms. Bruhl screeching “these people” like a hawk too.
(Image from the Star-Bulletin: New homes, many thanks in Kahala)