Development

... no-holds-barred ....

... Hawaii lost 1,600 construction jobs, -4.3 percent, the largest percentage loss in USA ....

... Tuesday, the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) unanimously agreed to designate the entire Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a Surface Water and Ground Water Management Area ....

... The vague language in the proposal lacks any metrics for measuring success, similar to another business-focused tax credit whose value to the state is dubious ...

... ‘Hawaii zoning atlas’ will identify barriers to housing ....

... it’s technically easier to build a house for Oprah than it is to build houses for average families ....

... this is what happens if you try to build affordable housing in Hawaii ....

... Seventy-three percent of surveyed firms report they are currently bidding on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more. Yet the same percentage, 73 percent, report they would not bid on those projects if a project labor agreement were required....

... It just so happens that these repairs are also the repairs needs to continue using the facility. What a coincidence! ....

... Since the reviewing agencies are diverse and have their own priorities, it is not unusual that substantial delays are caused when these other agencies do not timely process applications ....

... Is there a public safety hazard?  DPP’s Michael Silva can’t say ....

... Housing bills that will be sent to the Governor for his signature include ....

... Gen-Xers and millennials are “the most viscerally affected by the cost of housing and forced to leave the state to pursue a life elsewhere” ....

... More than $1 billion is being poured into the defueling and cleanup efforts connected to the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii, but one lawmaker said more money is needed ....

... a new web-based software designed to support planning and permit processing ....

... Delays, zoning rules and a long pathway to approval make homebuilding difficult and expensive ....

... 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 ....

... alleging that 14 entities designed and constructed five condominium and apartment complexes in Hawaii without accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act ....

... 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 ....

... a new, web-based software designed to support planning and permit processing ....

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

... the ALOHA homes program as currently envisioned in this bill would result in an expensive, nonsustainable government project that would fail to effectively assist those it is intended to help ....

... thus raising the state’s top income tax rate from 11% to 13% ....

... 5:30-8:30 PM, Tuesday, February 8th ....

..."I am always concerned by any piece of legislation that is not signed by Corporation Counsel...." -- Mayor Victorino

... New incentives approved to spur development of affordable rentals ....

... Stadium-villages generally create low wage jobs ....

“If we don’t provide the right type of visitor accommodations in the right places, we could see an influx of vacation rentals in our residential neighborhoods."

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

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

... DPP will hold two public hearings to gather community input on the newly proposed measures ....

... Bill 17 would allow the city’s Department of Planning and Permitting to record liens against property and then to foreclose on the liens....

"...For decades, infrastructure in Hawaii has suffered from a systemic lack of investment...."

"... concerned about unintended consequences such as pushing hospitality developments into communities outside of Maui’s resort areas ...."

... The signing allows USACE and the City and County of Honolulu to develop a salespitch that appears to balance costs and environmental impacts ....

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

“...I am prioritizing our resident workforce as the first beneficiaries of this water to motivate construction of right-priced housing as soon as possible....”

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

... routed the proceeds of these schemes through at least six pieces of real estate on the Island of Hawaii ....

... Federal authorities, March 30, 2021, unsealed indictments charging six DPP employees in a bribery scheme going back as far as 2012.  Challacombe had been Deputy Director of the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting from 2013-2016, and then Acting Director in 2016-17 ....

... The selected individual or firm is expected to have an initial focus on select parcels located at Kakaʻako Makai and an eventual focus on parcels at OHA’s Nā Lama Kukui Lifestyle & Design Center in Iwilei ....

... We want a Hawaii where everyone who wants to buy a home can buy one in their price range ....

... why housing prices have soared statewide and why affordability mandates won’t have the desired results ....

"... 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 ....”

... In a special Stadium Authority Board Meeting this morning (Thursday, May 6), the Board confirmed and voted for an early demolition of the existing stadium location ....

... locals are pushing back, saying that forests and farmlands should not be sacrificed in the fight against climate change ....

... Maui County Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura discusses with Grassroot Institute president Keli’i Akina the detrimental impact such a well-intentioned but wrong-headed policy might have on affordable housing ....