Kāʻanapali condo owners have filed the first lawsuit so far against the county over Bill 9.

Honolulu developer Chad Waters’ landlord alleges he owes $5,000 in back rent.

The County Council plans to take up a separate measure Friday that could effectively exempt more than half of the affected properties.

The mayor’s right-hand man says he stands by the messages he sent to two council members ahead of a confirmation hearing.

The split council will take the legislation up for final reading in two weeks, and plans to hear a separate bill that could effectively exempt many of the roughly 7,000 affected properties.

UPDATE: New details emerged on Saturday in a video provided to Civil Beat of the incident that led to the arrest. The squalid conditions and violent outbreaks led the state representative for downtown to call for changes to Hawaiʻi landlord-tenant law.

Remaining residents were terrified when a group of men in black clothing armed with a pistol showed up last week. Today they head back to court.

The city accused a plans examiner of preferential treatment. The employee said she was trying to help permit applicants.

The county plans to purge the list to help families in need as federal funding cuts loom over the Section 8 program.

A temporary investigative group recommended rezoning thousands of apartment-zoned units so they can be used as both short- and long-term rentals.