The decision may mark the end of a protracted battle over how to handle the island’s thousands of empty homes in the midst of a severe housing crisis.

The Honuaʻula project was delayed for years by a Big Island affordable housing scandal and then by a dispute with a neighboring land owner.

Small landlord now has doubts about renting to tenants from housing assistance programs; tenant says his story is off base.

Roughly 7,000 apartment-zoned units were set to be phased out by 2031 to create more long-term housing. More than half of those may now keep operating as short-term rentals.

Tens of thousands of dollars in fines for illegal vacation rentals are unpaid, the city says.

The latest housing report from the University of Hawaiʻi notes some improvements in the market but authors say they are small and slow.

New report projects population trends will lead to increased demand for affordable housing for kūpuna and says that departures of younger residents are creating a hole in the workforce.

Waialua farmers were flooded again last weekend, the fifth time since February. A local developer says it’s time to look for new land, but for many that’s unfathomable.

Stronger enforcement and better registration requirements are on the horizon on the Big Island.

The proposed spending plan continues Mayor Derek Kawakami’s long-term focus on road resurfacing, bridge repairs and parks improvements.