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.

Lawmakers are moving forward with bills that would rescue owners facing rising rates.

The 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay also bought a multimillion-dollar home in a working class neighborhood to house upper management.

A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in a lawsuit that Princeville residents have filed against the developer.

As temporary housing for survivors has cropped up around the island, efforts to replace permanent housing have been slowed by a special state coastal permit process.

Advisory committee members say the county Planning Department’s changes will contribute to an unsustainable future for the greater Kīhei area.