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Want To Build Affordable Housing More Quickly? This Bill Would Sidestep Public Input Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Want To Build Affordable Housing More Quickly? This Bill Would Sidestep Public Input

Hawaii’s leaders are offering developers a chance to skip a major vetting procedure, which could undermine efforts to protect public lands.

Is An $868,000 Home Affordable? Hawaii Senators Say No Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Is An $868,000 Home Affordable? Hawaii Senators Say No

Advocates voiced forceful opposition to a so-called affordable housing bill they say is far from affordable. A committee of lawmakers took their side.

More Investors Could Mean Increased Affordable Housing Cory Lum/Civil Beat

More Investors Could Mean Increased Affordable Housing

Housing advocates want to open up the state’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit program to anyone – not just big banks.

Sterling Higa: Why Can’t I Find An Apartment To Rent In Honolulu? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Sterling Higa: Why Can’t I Find An Apartment To Rent In Honolulu?

Government should reform the permitting process, invest in new housing and strive for mixed-used development.

Trump Blames States For Homeless. Don’t Take The Bait, Former Official Warns Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Trump Blames States For Homeless. Don’t Take The Bait, Former Official Warns Hawaii

As Hawaii’s statewide homelessness numbers start to dip, a former federal official tells lawmakers to keep doing what they’re doing.

Audit: Honolulu Can’t Meet Building Industry Demands For Permits Allan Parachini

Audit: Honolulu Can’t Meet Building Industry Demands For Permits

Low pay, insufficient training and high turnover contribute to a permitting department that can’t keep up, the auditor found.

Rents Are Dipping In Hawaii, At Least For Some People Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Rents Are Dipping In Hawaii, At Least For Some People

Experts say some apartment rental rates have been coming down even before a crackdown on Oahu vacation rentals.

New Housing Project For The Elderly Would Displace Residents Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

New Housing Project For The Elderly Would Displace Residents

The Moiliili development recently secured taxpayer money, but many current tenants didn’t know they may soon have to move out.

Honolulu Homeless Sweeps Will Continue Despite Supreme Court Decision Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Honolulu Homeless Sweeps Will Continue Despite Supreme Court Decision

Lt. Gov. Josh Green called for the immediate halt of sweeps, but Honolulu says it will continue pushing homeless people out of public areas.

Kauai: You Won’t Need A Car If You Live In This New Urban Village Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2019

Kauai: You Won’t Need A Car If You Live In This New Urban Village

The concept of living and working in close proximity has taken hold in Seattle and other mainland cities.