Housing

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Beth Fukumoto: If We Build The Infrastructure, The Housing Will Come Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Beth Fukumoto: If We Build The Infrastructure, The Housing Will Come

Hawaiʻi has done a lot to produce affordable places to live, but examples elsewhere show that we can do more.

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Get Serious About Accessory Dwelling Units American Institute of Architects Maui

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Get Serious About Accessory Dwelling Units

Unless we’re willing to go all-in on this approach to increasing housing, we should quit pretending it’s part of the solution.

Backlash May Prompt New Rules For Affordable Rentals In Honolulu Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2025

Backlash May Prompt New Rules For Affordable Rentals In Honolulu

Supporters say new requirements in Bill 53 would protect neighborhoods from the side effects of increased housing density. Opponents fear the changes would hamstring an already struggling program.

Beth Fukumoto: Drop The Defeatist Attitude When It Comes To Housing David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Beth Fukumoto: Drop The Defeatist Attitude When It Comes To Housing

The new book “Abundance” offers a clean, easy-to-understand approach that we can apply to our biggest crises.

Why This Honolulu Housing Strategy Is Not A ‘Super Successful’ Program David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Why This Honolulu Housing Strategy Is Not A ‘Super Successful’ Program

A new state law requires counties to let homeowners build two additional housing units on eligible properties. Honolulu is struggling to persuade people to build just one.

Denby Fawcett: Mayor Wants To Buy Wo Fat Building In Chinatown For Housing Courtesy: David Mulligan

Denby Fawcett: Mayor Wants To Buy Wo Fat Building In Chinatown For Housing

Developers ran out of money to convert the landmark former restaurant into a hotel.

Honolulu Is Canceling Its Empty Homes Tax Study. Will That Kill The Bill? David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Honolulu Is Canceling Its Empty Homes Tax Study. Will That Kill The Bill?

The yearlong study was supposed to help inform a now-stalled bill that would have increased property tax rates on unoccupied homes.

Lawsuit Claims Housing Authority Broke Promises To Displaced Tenants Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Lawsuit Claims Housing Authority Broke Promises To Displaced Tenants

Last two remaining Kūhiō Park Terrace tenants say all they want is comparable housing.

Maui Plan To Phase Out Thousands Of Short-Term Rentals Advances Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Plan To Phase Out Thousands Of Short-Term Rentals Advances

Some council members voted with reservations and expressed frustration at how the process has pitted members of the community against each other.

Newly Signed Bill Imperils Historic Places and Burial Sites, Critics Say David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Newly Signed Bill Imperils Historic Places and Burial Sites, Critics Say

Preservationists decry Gov. Josh Green’s late decision to approve a measure to remove an obstacle to development.