Development

...a dirty legislative trick from 2008 has--eleven years later--effectively outlawed new installation of tankless on-demand gas water heaters....

... a vacant home fee of 5% or 10% ....

...It is universally acknowledged that Hawaii residents need more homes. So why is it so hard to build them?....

...Hawaii’s property owners now have many more options for fighting back against oppressive government regulation of property than they did last week.... 

...1,100 homes were removed from the rental market in the first year of the city’s empty-homes tax....

...The rules took effect on March 31 and implement the affordable housing requirements in Ordinance 18-10 and other approvals issued by the city....

...the State (in 1967) and the City and County of Honolulu (in 2004) passed legislation designed to dismantle leasehold housing on private lands....

...We already have a good stadium.  And this consultant now admits Aloha Stadium is located in the best possible place.  So why tear it down for yet another unnecessary boondoggle?....

...Reminiscent of rail, projected Ala Wai costs have already leapt from $200M to $470M.... 

"...I was quite idealistic in thinking that with the $2.9M Master plan Rob Iopa’s WCIT created, we were going to be issuing RFPs to implement them...."

...Akina told Larson and his three million listeners that if policymakers want to create more housing that is affordable, they should ease land-use restrictions, reduce regulatory burdens and let the free market work....

...The share of low-income households experiencing severe housing cost burden continues to increase....

...the program’s requirement that investments must “substantially improve” zone property in order to qualify for tax breaks is quite loose....

...HLPA Predicts Residential and Commercial Building Increase in 2019....

... Thursday, Feb. 21, noon to 1:30 p.m. at the state Capitol, Room, 312 ....

...“I commend the Building Division and its staff for implementing this system, which creates added efficiency of the plan review process and reduces costs and waste associated with building permits and development approvals,” said Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami....

...After receiving the campaign contributions, Caldwell appointed the criminal Lyon to the juicy position July 30, 2014 for a term ending June 30, 2019....

... 'King of Atooi' Dayne Gonsalves and his 'marshals' team up with developer to intimidate Coco Palms protesters ....

Among conditions for the buyers of these “ALOHA homes”....

... The proposed rules now go before the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, which issues a recommendation to the Governor ....

...the County intends to develop a new groundwater source within five years, or sooner, which will eventually provide for the full instream flow standard....

...However, Bill 64 requires certain mandates that residents and contractors should be aware of....

...how some well-intentioned regulations have had a chilling effect on efforts to build more homes....

...the day after Election Day, maybe nobody will notice....

...Government and the Cost of Living: Income-Based vs. Cost-Based Approaches to Alleviating Poverty....

...changing of the ordinance to benefit of private developers, at the expense of the residents, was never publicly noticed as required under the State of Hawai’i Sunshine Laws, and, that it violated adopted Council Rules....

...This law, which we have discussed before, recently has been used to create a “school impact district” that goes from Kalihi to Ala Moana.... 

...Following two years of decline, the pace of building in Hawaii has stabilized. The value of construction permits is posting healthy gains across all sub-sectors this year....

...The Board of Water Supply will have the ability to waive the water systems facilities charges and new meter cost for qualified on-site affordable and homeless dwelling units, up to 500 dwelling units per year....

...Finally politicians are doing something about affordable housing--they're demolishing it....

...opening up more land for housing should also be on the table, if policy makers want to ease pressure on the housing market....

...To date, HIDOE has collected a combined $4.7 million in school impact fees in Leeward Oahu, West Maui and Central Maui....

...Mayor Alan Arakawa instructed all departments to give priority to processing permits for affordable housing projects....

...August 3rd marks three months since the eruption began....

...the jury (after deliberating for a grand total of 15 minutes) held the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission liable for a regulatory taking....

... $200 million, or most of it, is headed out the door with no visible means of getting it back.....

...Mayor Carvalho to sign emergency permitting bill into law Tuesday--Planning Department to open field offices for expedited permitting the same day....

...HB2748 appropriates $200 million to the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation’s (HHFDC) Rental Housing Revolving Fund....

...Little Pink House opens on June 8 at the Palace Theater in Hilo....

...affordable housing in Hawaii, how it works, whether it is legal, and how it could be done better....

...the state originally encouraged the building of homes in this dangerous area by offering lava insurance where no private company would....

... A Hawaii State Senator goes for somewhere between $50K and $100K per year--and its all legal ....

...the same text in SB2525 ran into opposition from several Kapolei-area Representatives.... 

...We're guessing both the State and the property owner will likely be taking this case up the chain to the Ninth Circuit.... 

...Sharon Moriwaki is the founding president of Kakaako United, a nonprofit volunteer organization that fights for a better life for area residents and businesses through smart development and accountability....

...Andrew Robbins has been a staunch advocate of using P-3 partnerships - the joining of forces from the public and private sectors - to mitigate costs and risk and to expedite construction timelines....

...Gov. Ige has informed the Authority that he would be open to considering a 10-year restriction on re-sales....

...regulations have also tended to reduce the supply of housing, including multifamily and low-income housing....

...“We got a few hundred subscribers, but nothing really earth shattering,” Epler says...Civil Beat has an annual budget of roughly $3 million and a staff of about 22 to 24 people....

...Ige today announced that his administration has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relocation of the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center....