Cost of Living

...Disconnection notices and disconnections for nonpayment will resume after Sept. 1. Late fees resume after Sept. 15....

...A new study that allegedly shows the Jones Act has no “negative impact” on the cost of living in Hawaii actually shows the opposite, according to the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii....

... the Supply-Demand Connection They Won’t Talk About at UH: Hawaii’s artificial restriction of land supply has profited KSBE, A&B and other major landowners by making housing unaffordable for middle class and working class families.  Greenmail protests and litigation by OHA, sovereignty activists and enviro groups shapes the land-use environment and drives young families out of Hawaii ....

...In Hawaii, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $2,015—the highest in USA....

...2020’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States....

...The HPUC perceives the underlying problem as YB management’s inability to control costs and operate an effective service....

...the Trump administration has since revised the rule, making it more difficult to challenge land-use rules that make housing more expensive....

...Oil is so cheap that HECO should be forced to CUT rates.  This is the consolation prize....

... YB is absorbing operating costs for Saltchuck's unregulated services.  This is a standard accounting trick for companies that are partly regulated and partly unregulated ....

"...We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state...."

...urging the adoption of additional policies to close critical gaps left by the new federal moratorium on evictions and the state’s recent emergency orders....

...Hawaii housing costs are 329% of US average....

...Ewa Beach has the highest credit card debt in the USA at $29,658 per household.  Waipahu is 10th at $25,258....

...Carbon Tax to become $15B Slush Fund for Developers....

...Hawaii is the 8th-richest state but has the 5th-lowest per capita income in USA....

... 1 in 4 Honolulu residents say they plan to be gone by 2025 ....

...Multiple jobs. Doubling up. Hawaii adults say they’re doing it all and still struggling....

...An expert on Seattle's experience will address 2 Hawaii events....

...if this bill passes, guess what is going to happen to your electric bill....

...HB 2541 HD1 would make the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent, and increase the refundable food/excise tax credit. In addition, the bill would increase the minimum wage....

...Railroaded: City proposes Mind-Blowing 233% increase in bus fares....

...Hawaii County's median listing price decreased by 10%....

...said state Sen. Mike Gabbard (D-Kapolei-Makakilo), who introduced the measure, “This is the right thing to do!”....

...Hawaii Population lost: -7,047 -- Population decrease: -0.50%....

...Public debate falls into two schools of thought as to why housing costs are so high....

...This year’s Legislature has produced some unique proposed solutions to deal with our housing crisis....

...the tax on gasoline would begin at $8.22 per barrel in 2021 and top out at $23.16 per barrel in 2030....

...HHFDC to decide how many units go to OHA and/or DHHL.... 

...More mandates and government red tape won’t build houses....

...These are the kind of people who make Hawaii what it is today....

...The study was done by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA), which (previously demonstrated its reliability by conducting) a salary study in 2014 for HIDOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association....

...Personalized Elder Index -- How Much do you need to live in your community in Hawaii?....

...the state in which you live can play a big role in how early you can retire....

...a big reason why construction budgets are about 25% higher than the rest of the country....

...STEM workers are in fierce demand and Honolulu is just not competitive....

...‘Cost of Ownership & Maintenance’ highest in USA....

...how do we attract more doctors to Hawaii — and keep the ones we still have?....

...no land shortage....

...Manufacturers of everything from tablets to toasters to tractors make it too difficult and too expensive to repair their products when they break....

...Exempting medical services would help patients and stem the doctor shortage....

...The Hawaii Financial Health Pulse provides a new, in-depth view of the financial struggles faced by people in Hawaii....

...Couples in Hawaii spent $37,827 in 2018....

...Included in the study are data on housing supply, demand, and estimates of housing units needed by levels of affordability....

...Measures tackle housing, childcare, wage issues highlighted in ALICE report....

...What ails Hawaii is too much government and too much spending. The last thing we need is more of the same....

...after adjusting for Hawaii’s high prices, the purchasing power of income per person was the fourth lowest in the nation....

...the elephant in the room—the cost of living—got a little larger and harder to deal with each year....

...Smoking doesn’t just ruin your health. It can also burn a nasty hole through your wallet....

...Hawaii County had the lowest self-sufficiency income requirements among all counties....

...the reasons for an ever-increasing “living wage” have been a second tier topic of discussion....