Entries for May 2022

... Kai Kahele to make announcement May 7 ....

... employee base permanently reduced by COVID? ....

... professional opportunities are extremely limited ....

... Oahu's available vacation rentals have already fallen over 37% since 2019, more than any other island ....

... In Hawaii, the homeownership rate stands at 60.3%, 4th lowest in USA ....

... from US News and World Report ....

“...This is a case where a state-actor purports to comply with the Constitution’s text and Supreme Court case law, while intentionally undermining the fundamental right at issue...."

... the total estimated cost of the rebate program will be around $250 million ....

... Here’s How Rich Hawaii Residents Are Compared to the Nation ....

... There are many success stories of Native Hawaiians benefiting from financial capital through the NHRLF ....

... an appraisal must be taken to set the commercial value of the lease and to ensure that the lease rent is set to ensure the highest return to the State and to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....

"... to provide valuable data on the purchase of residential real estate by persons possibly involved in various illicit enterprises ...."

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

... the state Hawaii Tourism Authority might receive no funding at all ....

... May 19 the board will interview and take action on the finalists at a special public meeting ....

... a new city enforcement division consisting of seven new employees whose sole duty will be to ferret out Honolulu homeowners who dare to rent out their homes or parts of their homes for less than 90 days ....

... 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 ....

... What do these three multi billion dollar failures have in common? ....

... legislators (sneakily) decided (in conference committee, away from the public eye) to go ahead and re-write the law ....

“The general rule is that amounts received by a business that replace income are subject to GET."