Development

... U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawai'i recently reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would incentivize state and local governments to liberalize housing regulations around transit projects ....

...Other ideas presented to legislators in a Shelter Working Group were enacting a 'YIGBY' bill and allowing prefabricated housing....

... how many years will depend on which path is taken ....

... Family Life Center and King’s Cathedral in Kahului are partnering to put up 85 modular homes on 10 acres of the church’s land ....

... even the slimmed down plan is worrisome ....

... 'Minatoya List' short-term rentals are condotels competing with the ILWU controlled hotels.  That is why they are being targeted ....

... Were you fooled when the Carpenters Union pretended to end its opposition to panelized construction after the Lahaina Fires?  Sucker ....

... convicted felon to gain even more control over Hawaii CIP projects .... 

“... It’s absurd, the socialist mentality, they think they own the land ....”

... Bill 6 (2023), CD1 would allow building applications to be reviewed by professionals qualified to self-certify that the plans and other data in the applications are in compliance ....

... Hawaii’s churches want to help solve the state’s housing crisis. Why are we making it so difficult for them? ....

... The Actors Guild, a local acting group, produced a play based on their five-year ordeal of trying to get a permit to renovate their theater at Dole Cannery ....

... councillors representing a higher number of homeowners are more likely to oppose housing bills ....

... Green suspended the General Excise Tax as it related to vendors involved in the design, construction, sale, lease, or financing of housing projects designed to provide rapid relief to the homeless ....

... since 1969, the median home price in Hawaii has surged from being less than three times the median income to nearly 10 times the median income today ....

“My family is getting very desperate and deciding whether to leave Hawaiʻi.”

... The greatest needs identified by the community included financial recovery (26%), finding permanent residence (24%), and finding employment (9%) ....

... meet the monster’s creators ....

... adaptive reuse as a possible solution to two pressing issues in Honolulu: downtown office vacancies and Oahu’s housing shortage ....

... testimony to the Honolulu, Maui and Kauai county councils about measures that could increase the supply of housing ....

... The families and individuals who owned homes and businesses in Lahaina should not have their property rights arbitrarily stripped away from them to satisfy the grand plans of some bureaucracy ....

... all boards involved in an affordable housing project covered by the proclamation should comply with the Sunshine Law’s requirements ....

... Not a single building permit has been granted within the Lahaina burn zone since the August 8-9, 2023, disaster .....

... All permit applications are equal, but some are more equal than others ....

... Hawaii Bar Association discusses Lahaina fires .... 

“...Does social housing actually work? Setting the record straight on the Vienna Model....”

... Hawaii is the most expensive state for realtor fees with a transaction costing $44,576 to the buyer and seller. ...

... Considering the record of the old Aloha Stadium, there are many questions ....

... For customers whose houses were destroyed, the Director of the Department of Water Supply has temporarily canceled water service until the property owner is ready for reconnection ....

... Bill 52 provides an initial fine of $25,000, plus $10,000 per day without an upper limit ....

... the costs of corruption, fraud, and related bad behavior ....

... Jonah Jameson from the "Spiderman" movie franchise laughing at a news headline about the stadium project with a sarcastic caption above it that reads "This won't be another disaster like the rail." ....

... Bill 54 (2023), which would for a five-year period to facilitate the conversion of commercial buildings to multifamily residential units ....

... the average housing unit that cost $400,000 was only 260 square feet, about the size of a 16’x16′ room. That means the cost was $1,500 per square foot ....

“...once in a while, go in and break the system....” 

... if Hawaii wants more housing built, it should first reduce — or even eliminate — zoning regulations, particularly single-family zoning. Then it should do away with discretionary permitting ....

... allowing homebuilding on lot sizes smaller than currently allowed ....

... the 'Yes in God’s Backyard' law — makes it easier for churches and other religious institutions to build housing on their properties ....

... customize data reports based on location, with information such as property and rental market, demographics, zoning and housing stock ....

... Theoretically, Bissen’s proclamation makes it easier to build housing for displaced families.  But there are a couple problems .…

"...the same bureaucracy and NIMBY-ism is happening with that emergency proclamation...."

"Now all this is…an abuse of the emergency power that won't fast-track housing."

... the EP didn’t and doesn’t create any permanent change in government.  We need our legislature and county councils to do that ....

... Federal regulations permit most homeowners a ninety day forbearance on the payment of their mortgages due to natural disaster. After that time, they must begin making payments again and also pay the three months of missed payments ....

... Threats of violence ....

... policies the Maui Council can implement to boost the County's economy and encourage reconstruction in Lahaina ....

"...we can't continue to do nothing and expect the problem to just go away....”

... "the 100% lunacy of TAG's six-year odyssey to obtain a building permit to renovate what is now The Brad Powell Theatre." ....

... Here are some of the highlights:  Adds “affordable” housing to the title ....

"…one of the best ways to heal is to make home rebuilding as streamlined and quick as possible…."