The City Council considers a development moratorium that would postpone a project in Moanalua, while another in Chinatown has been delayed for months and still faces obstacles.
Housing
Posted inHawaiʻi
Affordable Housing Bills Inch Closer To Passage At Hawaii Legislature
The measures, which also target homelessness, await a full Senate floor vote before heading back to the House of Representatives for consideration.
Posted inHonolulu
City Suggests Fee Waivers After Effort To Increase Rentals Produces Just 7 Units
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell says homeowners who are interested in building a second unit on their property could save up to $10,000 each in proposed fee waivers.
Posted inHonolulu
What’s Happened To Mayor’s ‘Bold’ Affordable Housing Plan?
Honolulu officials say work is continuing on a proposal that would require more from developers. Advocates aren’t so sure.
Posted inHawaiʻi, Homelessness, Housing, Legislature 2016
Affordable Housing, Homelessness Bills Still Alive In Legislature
Hawaii lawmakers are still considering outreach efforts, tax credits, shelters, public housing, rental assistance and subsidies.
Posted inHonolulu, Honolulu City Council, Housing, Politics
Caldwell, Martin Clash Over City Budget Proposal
UPDATED: Honolulu City Council chairman breaks out Kleenex to mock mayor’s plea for cooperation in housing proposal.
Posted inHawaiʻi, Housing
Will Ige Get Serious About Repairing Hawaii’s Public Housing?
His Department of Budget and Finance is recommending a budget request of about $31 million — six times what the governor sought last year, but far less than the total cost of fixing the state’s aging public housing stock.
Posted inDevelopment, Hawaiʻi, Housing
Who’s Buying Hawaii Homes? On Maui, It’s Mostly Out-Of-Staters
Foreign investors were responsible for just 4 percent of home sales statewide since 2008.
Posted inDevelopment, Honolulu, Housing
How Crappy Sewers Make It Hard To Build Housing In Honolulu
But there’s hope around planned rail stations where the city administration wants to concentrate growth.