The County Council would now need a supermajority vote to allow thousands of apartment-zoned units to keep operating as short-term rentals.

The Garden Isle needs more housing but Kōloa residents worry the proposed project is too big, will harm the environment and won’t be within reach of community members.

Maui County Council member Yuki Lei Sugimura is trying to unseat Mayor Richard Bissen in a closely watched race this election.

As the city housing program behind it comes under the microscope, the Makiki building has struggled to clear the last bureaucratic hurdles.

Despite the deteriorating condition of the building, embattled Honolulu developer Chad Waters is defending his record of managing 1136 Union Mall.

Gary Zamber is the first of the four defendants to be sentenced for conspiring to take advantage of loopholes in the Big Island’s system for handing out affordable housing credits to developers.

Hawai‘i residents are getting older and more of us are living with disabilities, according to the latest census data.

The program will now run through Feb. 10, 2027.

The state is seeking another extension to the FEMA housing program that thousands of Maui residents have relied on since losing their homes in the 2023 wildfires. It’s currently set to end Feb. 28.

State authority says market conditions and project requirements put Aloha Homes on the shelf. Sen. Stanley Chang says the Kakaʻako development remains underway.