Development

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

... licensure laws that constrain the supply of skilled trades workers, building codes that complicate and disincentivize adding accessory dwelling units, and laws prohibiting prefabricated homes ....

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

... is housing an emergency or not? ....

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

... The proclamation gave developers ways around regulations ....

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

... We asked the Maui Mayor’s office and the Maui County Building Permits Division.  Here is their response ....

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

"... Innovative Transaction to Rehabilitate Properties and Preserve Long-Term Affordability ...."

... to offer the homes and lots for purchase by the tenants of record (the original plantation workers) and current Varona Village residents ....

... a blatant “land grab” by the State, leaving the landowner with little to no choice other than to accept “just compensation” for the property, be pau and move on ....

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

"...The land in Lāhainā is reserved for its people as they return and rebuild...."

... 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. ....

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

... Can single-stair construction actually reduce the building costs and contribute to alleviating our housing shortage? ....

... how regulations and building codes have made constructing small apartment buildings more expensive and less efficient ....

... Bill 6 would allow building applications to be reviewed by qualified third-party reviewers ....

... “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 ....

... Tupola served four years in the state House, starting in 2014, then was elected to the City Council, in 2020 ....

... How long should Oahu residents have to wait for a permit to repair or renovate their homes? A few days? Weeks? Months? ....

... 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 ....

... especially the many “whereas” justifications for why the emergency order was issued — which states many of the points I’ve been making for years regarding the bad policy and inaction that have characterized Hawaii’s approach to homebuilding ....

...“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....

... The agreement, which began on June 30, calls for Solar Farm View Estates LLC (SFVE) to undertake substantial repairs to the complex and operate it for the next 75 years. The Board of Directors of HHFDC, which retains the property’s fee-simple interest, approved a $4.95 million, low-interest, 10-year loan that allows SFVE to facilitate the repairs ....

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

... HDOT is working to redevelop Pier 7 at Honolulu Harbor which has been vacant and inactive for the last 14 years, after Bishop Museum closed the Hawaiʻi Maritime Center ....

... some Hawaii lawmakers have been looking at the so-called Vienna model of housing as a way to help resolve Hawaii's housing crisis ....

... five blind monks trying to describe an elephant ....

... lawmaking continues at the county level ....

... address the structural problems in the housing market, namely the strict regulatory environment ....

... 209 days spent waiting for a permit often equates to higher costs for labor and materials ....

... the messaging OHA uses to promote this development project could be connected to our failure to rally support in the legislature ....

... HCDA informational hearing on June 7 at 10:30 on Kakaako Makai Rule Amendments ....

... the “empty homes” theory is just another distraction from the real cause of Hawaii’s housing crisis, which is regulations that block homebuilding ....

... After a lengthy investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into corruption at the DPP, honest services wire fraud charges were filed against six individuals, including Inouye, arising out of schemes in which employees of the DPP took bribes in exchange for performing official acts at DPP ....

... the restriction was put in place before OHA chose to acquire the property ....

... it finally became clear which big-ticket items were going to make it to the governor’s desk for signing — or hit the cutting room floor ....

... 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 ....

... to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in non-financed purchases of residential real estate ....

... “Dead Bodies, Convicted Felons and Kakaako Makai: Meet the new Gang at OHA” ....

... Akina said Hawaii home prices are sky-high because of the scarcity of housing caused by “all the regulation … that developers and individual home builders have to go through in order to renovate or in order to build.” ....

... Administratively, the Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission will be managed by the City’s Department of Planning and Permitting ....

"... The prohibition of residential development via a 'perpetual easement' has too adverse of an impact on the future value of Hakuone lands ...."

... In most US metro areas, millennials are buying homes at prices above the general market.  But in Honolulu millennials are buying homes 4.2% below the market average.  This is the biggest downside gap in any of the 56 large metros studied ....

... adaptive reuse ....

... the state’s mandate to eliminate cesspools is too costly for homeowners ....

... “We greatly appreciate what Senator Dela Cruz is trying to do. And we thank him.” -- OHA Chair Carmen Hulu Lindsey ....