Land Use

... One of the factors that may explain Hawaii’s high home prices are government regulations that limit the ability of the housing market to create the units necessary to meet demand ....

... DLNR Land Division failed to bill/collect the proper base rents for the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel lease and failed to collect over $500,000 ....

... Research showing the need to liberalize Hawaii’s land-use and zoning laws is out there for all to see, and more is forthcoming ....

... first step toward identifying the regulatory barriers that restrain homebuilding in Hawaii and has led to the state’s notoriously high cost of housing ....

... Hawaii had robust housing construction up until about 1972 or 1973, but then it collapsed and it has never recovered ....

... how Tokyo’s deregulation of its housing market resulted in more housing availability and affordable housing prices ....

... Wesley “Kaiwi” Yoon, Doreen Canto, Aimee Keli‘i Barnes, Karen Ono, Riley Smith ....

... In 1961, Hawaii became the first state in the nation to pass a growth-management law. ...

... The first meeting is scheduled for 5:30-8:30 PM, Friday, January 14 ....

... Aimee’s political experience includes working on Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, helping to draft her “Climate Plan for the People,” and on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, where she led the Bay Area Idealists4Hillary group ....

... the Board of Trustees (1) approved the drafting and submission of a Public Land Trust focused bill to the 2022 legislature; and (2) approved the measure entitled Building Back Pono: Addressing Socioeconomic Disparities in the Post-COVID Era ....

... the right to exclude is not "universally applicable" in the 808. Let that one sink in ....

... Ige is recruiting qualified and dedicated individuals from Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island who are interested in serving on the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) ....

... Once upon a time there were some property developers on Oahu ....

... a Maui County Council proposal that aspires to create more housing on Maui by phasing out about 7,000 vacation rentals ....

... eliminating TVR use from these subject condominiums would result in a possible loss of $23 million in revenue annually, and upwards of $74 million in annual revenue lost overall ....

“Currently, about 5% of all land in Hawaii is allocated for urban and residential use. Would you support increasing that amount by maybe 1 or 2 percentage points to 6% or 7%?”

... These are suggestions that are broadly supported and would require little if any taxpayer investment ....

... conclusions of a presentation to the Board of Land and Natural Resources ....

... In anticipation of the new tax, the council also passed on first reading today a bill to increase anticipated revenue for the Open Space Fund ....

"...to implement Complete Streets which provide equitable access across all modes and for all abilities, including pedestrians, bicycles, cars, trucks, and buses...."

... rent for the property was $100,000 while subleases of the same property brought in $300,000 ....

... But don't worry.  We are still going to blame global warming ....

"... Canto is currently employed as a processing assistant for Maui Grown Therapies ...."

"...the most comprehensive application of the Hawai‘i Water Code to water use and protection in history...."

... Anyone Claiming That An Affordable Housing Project Might Impact Their Property Interests In A "Clean And Healthful Environment" Has Standing To Object ....

... a retrospective of one of the Hawaii Supreme Court's most famous (or infamous) decisions ....

... currently, the designated Maui and O‘ahu land district seats are open ....

... The U.S. House has once again passed his National Forest study measure that calls on the United States Forest Service (USFS) to engage communities in the State of Hawai’i in a study to identify suitable parcels to be incorporated into a National Forest ....

"... In theory, Bill 10 would require more affordable housing to be built, but in reality, history has shown that such additional restrictions have the opposite effect ....”

... How to make housing affordable and help stop the exodus .... 

... OHA shall promote the idea that every property in Hawai'i is sacred and pursue initiatives that help achieve a broad acceptance of this truth ....

... This would give Maui the second most restrictive affordable-housing law in the country ....

... Establishes the ALOHA homes program to develop low-cost homes on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation ....

... A Maui bill to increase affordability requirements is the backdrop for a discussion on how current housing policy can be improved ....

"... The Endangered Species Act required the agency to designate critical habitat with its listing determination and develop a recovery plan for the bird. Yet the Service has failed to do so...."

"... If there is no such thing as a regulatory taking, we should say so ...."

... A trial was held in November challenging Kakaʻako Land. Co.'s (KLC) ownership of Kakaʻako private roads ....

... The district court's judgment is reversed, case remanded for the merits ....

... in the PASH case the Hawaii Supreme Court concluded that subject to certain qualifications, the Hawaii Constitution allows native Hawaiians to exercise traditional practices, even on private property ....

...I don’t have an opinion about sea walls. I do have an opinion about connected, rich people buying oceanfront property on sinking islands even as they try to sell us on the idea that an ocean rise clocked at less than 2 mm per year is what really matters – and that we should give up fossil fuel to save their beaches....

... Officials now pledge action, after a Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica investigation ....

... The “PUC DP All Policies Summary” is a complete collection of the draft goals and policies that will make up the final PUC DP .... 

... DPP has released its Annual Report on the status of land use on O‘ahu for fiscal year ending 2019 ....

...“I don’t see any end in sight, really, because it just seems to have gotten worse"....

...When your state lacks sufficient housing, the last thing you should do is make building a difficult, risky and lengthy process. But that’s exactly what Hawaii has done....

...Hawaii’s residents need more housing that they can afford. And one of the simplest ways to provide it would be to reform a mysterious organization called the Land Use Commission....

...The state Land Use Commission has strayed from its core mission, leading to fewer homes and higher home prices for Hawaii residents....

...the Rasputin of urban planning....

...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....