The Deals are the first oceanfront property owners on Front Street to try rebuilding in an area that scientists say is at risk due to sea level rise. Neighbors see it as a test case.

The council’s housing committee chair says she’ll put it on the agenda after county budget deliberations.

Economists lay out the good and the bad of the mayor’s proposal to convert thousands of short-term units to long-term housing.

A phased-in approach was to begin July 1 but the council has yet to take up the mayor’s proposal.

The state House killed a bill that went after big investors in residential real estate. There are other options to explore.

No reason was given for the sudden change at Kūhiō Park Terrace, approved Thursday by the Hawaiʻi Public Housing Authority’s board.

In Kalaeloa, affordable housing units aren’t a lot cheaper than market-rate units. So the developer plans to raise the price of market-rate units.

Hawaiʻi is the home of surfing. Could old surfboards provide residents with new environmentally friendly homes?

The county is hosting public meetings on the plan starting Saturday. Billions of dollars from other funding sources must be identified to achieve long-term goals. 

Boarded-up apartments. Wrong numbers. Homes already occupied or far from jobs, doctors and schools. Kūhiō Park Terrace residents in Phase 1 of the teardown are angry and bewildered as the Hawaiʻi Public Housing Authority moves to relocate them.