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As housing costs rise, renters have to cut bigger and bigger checks just to get in the door.

The city blamed turnover, reduced time for training and other factors for its failure to enforce the 2019 law.

Hawaii’s challenges include divided state and county governments and no overall coordination.

So far this year, 16 residential homesteads have been sold on Oahu — allowing buyers to shortcut DHHL’s long waiting list.

County officials agreed that giving up park land for the proposed affordable housing was more than the community would tolerate.

Low-income housing is in great demand on Hawaii island, where more than 360 families are reportedly on a county waitlist for housing help.

In a recent survey of military families, the housing programs at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam run by for-profit landlords were among the most widely criticized in the nation.

The Department of Defense and congressional members of both parties are pushing for new regulations on the private companies that serve as landlords.

Hundreds of families have complained about poor conditions and mistreatment by private landlords operating base housing.

Honolulu City Council Chairman Ikaika Anderson, who represents the area, was harshly criticized for initially supporting the eight-home project. He now opposes it.