To house Hawai‘i’s future, we must be ready to reform, invest and build, a new essay argues.

Council members spent most of the day behind closed doors in executive session, but spent the final hour questioning officials about the potential impact of the legislation.

Platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo were supposed to give the city monthly reports on their bookings. Due to a lawsuit filed on behalf of vacation rental owners, that never happened.

The Maui County Council plans to start deliberations next week on legislation aimed at converting thousands of short-term rentals into affordable housing.

Developers of much-needed affordable housing are supposed to get permits approved or denied within three months. It’s taking far longer.

A dishonest public worker and his partners slurped up millions of dollars by illegally manipulating a complex system of affordable housing credits.

Maui County Council members said the budget is aimed at catching up on development projects and social services after years of being focused on the wildfires and Covid-19.

Dozens of people turned out to testify on Mayor Richard Bissen’s effort to convert short-term rentals into long-term housing in a bid to ease the affordable housing crisis.

The 20 state-owned units were installed last year in the parking lot of the Hawaii Cedar Church in Kalihi. The kauhale currently shelters kūpuna and families.

Council members at first wanted to trim the budget. Instead they added programs to help residents struggling to make ends meet.