Land Use

“...once in a while, go in and break the system....” 

... if Hawaii wants more housing built, it should first reduce — or even eliminate — zoning regulations, particularly single-family zoning. Then it should do away with discretionary permitting ....

... allowing homebuilding on lot sizes smaller than currently allowed ....

... Are Hawaii’s water policies sufficient for fighting fires? ....

... customize data reports based on location, with information such as property and rental market, demographics, zoning and housing stock ....

"...the same bureaucracy and NIMBY-ism is happening with that emergency proclamation...."

... Despite some, who testified during Tuesday’s 12-hour-long meeting, claiming the suspension of the water code during the fire emergency set everything back to before 1987, Chang said that is not accurate ....

... Yes.  'Your' legislators are supporting Kaleo Manuel ....

... this just had some devastating consequences ....

"Now all this is…an abuse of the emergency power that won't fast-track housing."

... the EP didn’t and doesn’t create any permanent change in government.  We need our legislature and county councils to do that ....

... Threats of violence ....

... policies the Maui Council can implement to boost the County's economy and encourage reconstruction in Lahaina ....

... Here are some of the highlights:  Adds “affordable” housing to the title ....

... Joe Rogan and Tulsi Gabbard on the government screwing over the residents of Maui to take their land ....

... peoples’ homes and businesses are at stake, and their right to those properties must be defended ....

"...Threats have been made against me, loved ones who don’t even work for the government, and even children...."

... landowners knew how dangerous it was to have that huge volume of dry grass next to subdivisions, and could have saved hundreds of lives at cost of less than $1,000 per acre to cut the brush ....

... Native Hawaiian interest groups and environmental organizations joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii and the Sierra Club on Thursday ....

... "The proclamation usurps all government power into the hands of one unelected former lobbyist" said Petitioner Tom Coffman ....

... An emergency proclamation by Gov. Josh Green offers developers the opportunity to route around almost all regulations on building homes ....

... most cities in the U.S. have required arbitrary amounts of parking to be built with every new building or new business ....

... it selectively grants regulatory relief to projects designated by a committee of housing “czars” ....

... The local Atlas team is part of a national coalition aiming to inform solutions to the housing crisis by cataloging land use policies across the U.S. ....

... 'Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner' at DLNR is transferred to new job after allegedly prioritizing taro patch over Lahaina firefighting ....

"We’ll also invest state resources to preserve and protect this land for our people; not for any development"

... “It really does is just put pressure on the Legislature and say, ‘Are you going to act?'"....

... Because it is temporary, Green’s Proclamation ensures that too few projects will be approved to actually bring down the cost of housing ....

... a 1961 land-use law and subsequent amendments placed most of the land in the state off limits to development ....

... PRO Housing to reduce barriers to affordable housing production by helping local communities address restrictive zoning, land use, and regulatory policies. It also expands financing for affordable, energy-efficient, and resilient housing, and promotes commercial-to-residential conversion ....

... The proposed critical habitat areas include the states of California, Florida, Hawaiʻi, North Carolina and Texas; the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands; and the commonwealths of the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico ....

...“This emergency proclamation is one of the largest state-level housing actions anywhere in the country in years, if not decades," said Senator Stanley Chang, chair of the Senate Committee on Housing....

... why have prices spiked over the past half-century? ....

... The Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a plan that will give it more flexibility in helping species recover when their historic range is no longer suitable for survival ....

... to transfer non-ag park lands to the Department of Agriculture (DOA) for agricultural production ....

... homebuilders say multi-unit projects could be more profitable, but there are just too many rules, regulations and delays to make it worth the effort ....

... the Fish and Wildlife Service has until June 30, 2028 to officially designate habitats for 46 of the 49 species. The ‘Akē‘akē, or band-rumped storm petrel, the anchialine pool shrimp and Baker’s loulu palm tree have a separate deadline of June 30, 2027 ....

... surprise--you've got less than 24 hours to comment on KSBE Trustee selection  ....

... these acquisitions were ad hoc, featuring strategies and criteria created to facilitate the acquisition ....

... Hawaiʻi law expressly excludes overnight camps from the definition of permitted uses on Class A and B agricultural lands ....

... A new federal “Yes In My Backyard” grant program, spearheaded by Hawaii’s U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, deserves kudos for targeting barriers to new housing ....

... Housing expert says Hawaii fits pattern of areas losing residents ....

... How to ensure that zoning and building codes don’t undermine housing growth ....

... “Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It” ....

... five categories: feasibility, infrastructure, affordability, climate, and safety ....

... whether certain lands could be transferred from DLNR jurisdiction to HDOA ....

... Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It ....

... we have high hopes for a few ideas that could make a real difference for our state ....

... 156 bills are on the current docket to be introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate ....

... allowing longer-term special use permits, adjusting parking fees for non-residents, managing commercial usage similar to the Nā Ala Hele Trails and Access program, extending the closure of areas, and restricting access to off-trail areas ....