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Should Hawaii Spend $2 Billion To Build Homes Residents Can Afford? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Should Hawaii Spend $2 Billion To Build Homes Residents Can Afford?

Hawaii Sen. Will Espero says the time is right for the state to float general obligation bonds to address the housing shortage.

House Lawmakers Debate Bills To Make It Easier To Evict People Cory Lum/Civil Beat

House Lawmakers Debate Bills To Make It Easier To Evict People

Housing Committee Chairman Tom Brower says he hasn’t decided about measures to amend the landlord-tenant code.

Do Condo Owners Need Some Help From Hawaii’s Legislature? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Do Condo Owners Need Some Help From Hawaii’s Legislature?

Potential condo-related proposals run the gamut from establishing an ombudsman to merely clarifying existing laws.

Fee Plan Along Rail Line Pits Schools Against Affordable Housing Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Fee Plan Along Rail Line Pits Schools Against Affordable Housing

About 39,000 additional residential units are expected along a 4-mile stretch of the Honolulu rail route, requiring聽more schools.

Mayor Wright Reconstruction Will Displace 1,500 Anxious Tenants Anthony Quintano/ Civil Beat/2016

Mayor Wright Reconstruction Will Displace 1,500 Anxious Tenants

Plans call for the public housing project to be rebuilt. Current residents have been promised interim housing and a chance to return.

$350K To Fight Housing Discrimination Cory Lum/Civil Beat

$350K To Fight Housing Discrimination

Hawaii housing providers have gotten into trouble for discriminating against disabled people and immigrants.

Laid-Back, Aging Manoa Is No Longer A Haven For Young Families Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Laid-Back, Aging Manoa Is No Longer A Haven For Young Families

The community near the University of Hawaii is still friendly, quiet and rainy, but rising housing prices bring changes.

Kirstin Downey: Here’s What Hawaii’s Housing Crisis Looks Like PF Bentley/Civil Beat/204

Kirstin Downey: Here’s What Hawaii’s Housing Crisis Looks Like

Hawaii opened up its Section 8 housing applications for the first time in 10 years. The response was overwhelming.

Honolulu May Have To Pay $16M For Misuse Of Housing Grants Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Honolulu May Have To Pay $16M For Misuse Of Housing Grants

A federal audit slams the city for “dysfunction, inefficiency” in its administration of Community Development Block Grant funds.

Hawaii Rent Highest In Nation Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Rent Highest In Nation

Renters in Hawaii are continuing to pay more than anywhere else in the country for their living spaces, according to new Census data.