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Friday, December 6, 2019 |
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Liberate Hawaii Homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:28 PM :: 4269 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...smaller steps that could lead to big results....
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
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Monster Homes: Auditor Rips Department of Planning and Permitting
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 6021 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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"...We found that the Department of Planning and Permitting does not effectively manage building permits and inspections...."
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Saturday, October 26, 2019 |
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Why we have a Housing Crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:33 AM :: 5150 Views :: Development, Economy, Land Use
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...When supply can’t keep up with demand, prices go up....
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Friday, October 25, 2019 |
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RFP: Ala Wai Boat Harbor Development Scheme Comes Back with Big Fat Zero
By News Release @ 6:08 PM :: 4627 Views :: Development, OHA, Tourism
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...Two proposals were received for the development of parcels of land at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor on O’ahu. After review, neither of the proposals was selected....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 |
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Auditor: DoE School Impact Fee Illegal and Indefensible
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:50 PM :: 6200 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Development, Taxes
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...The DOE’s inconsistent and problematic implementation of the school impact fee law calls into question the relevance and appropriateness of the fees that have been collected to date....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 |
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Opportunity Urbanism for Honolulu?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:12 PM :: 3893 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...Houston is America's largest city without any zoning laws....
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Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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DPP Can't Handle Your Permit, but Has Time for Global Warming 'Pop-ups'
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 6045 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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...The Department of Planning and Permitting is holding a series of pop-up workshops to gather input on how climate change and sea level rise will affect the area between Kāhala and Pearl City, also known as the Primary Urban Center....
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Thursday, August 15, 2019 |
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Ebbtide Waikiki: Fullard-Leo Family Fights Pimps for Control of Hotel (literally)
By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 13630 Views :: Development, Law Enforcement, Police, Tourism, Drugs
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...a July 22, 2019 'melee' between members of the Fullard-Leo family and 20 pimps and drug dealers....
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Friday, August 9, 2019 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: Statute of Limitations?
By Robert Thomas @ 12:10 AM :: 5214 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...Here is the motion asking the Hawaii Supreme Court for leave to file an amicus curiae brief (and the proposed brief)....
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019 |
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BLNR Nominees Sought
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 5838 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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...Ige is recruiting qualified and dedicated people who are interested in serving on the State Board of Land and Natural Resources....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019 |
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DLNR Extends Telescope Permit--Ige Cancels 'Emergency'
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 5669 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Higher Education, OHA
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...This morning, at the request of TMT, the University of Hawaiʻi asked for a two-year extension of the Conservation District Use permit deadline for the initiation of construction. The Department of Land and Natural Resources granted this extension until Sept. 26, 2021....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019 |
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City holding workshops to update Primary Urban Center plan
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 5044 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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...The PUC spans from Wai‘alae-Kāhala to Pearl City....
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Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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Solar Variance Trick Makes Housing Even More Un-affordable in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 11:04 PM :: 7331 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Cost of Living
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...a dirty legislative trick from 2008 has--eleven years later--effectively outlawed new installation of tankless on-demand gas water heaters....
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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The Tax on Ghost Homes
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5919 Views :: Development, Land Use, Taxes
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... a vacant home fee of 5% or 10% ....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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Housing and the Hendersons
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:38 AM :: 5480 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...It is universally acknowledged that Hawaii residents need more homes. So why is it so hard to build them?....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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What The US Supreme Court's Property Rights Decision Means For Hawaii's Property Owners
By Robert Thomas @ 3:10 AM :: 9593 Views :: National News, Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s property owners now have many more options for fighting back against oppressive government regulation of property than they did last week....
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Saturday, June 15, 2019 |
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Debunked: Caldwell’s ‘Vancouver Tax’ Does Nothing to Ease Rental Crisis
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 AM :: 6617 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes
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...1,100 homes were removed from the rental market in the first year of the city’s empty-homes tax....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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City adopts new affordable housing rules
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 6079 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...The rules took effect on March 31 and implement the affordable housing requirements in Ordinance 18-10 and other approvals issued by the city....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Is Leasehold Housing Built on Government Land a Solution to Unaffordable Housing in Honolulu?
By UHERO @ 4:50 AM :: 6437 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...the State (in 1967) and the City and County of Honolulu (in 2004) passed legislation designed to dismantle leasehold housing on private lands....
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 |
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Environmental Review for Aloha Stadium Tear-Down Begins
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 8674 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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...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?....
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019 |
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Ala Wai? Corps of Engineers has Long History of Corruption and Cost Overruns
By Selected News Articles @ 9:08 PM :: 10701 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Ethics, Development, Military
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...Reminiscent of rail, projected Ala Wai costs have already leapt from $200M to $470M....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019 |
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OHA Kakaako Makai Plans Begin With Sewage Plant
By Selected News Articles @ 9:04 PM :: 5684 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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"...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...."
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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Rent Control: How Not to Create Affordable Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:03 PM :: 4964 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...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....
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Saturday, March 9, 2019 |
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DPP: Shortage of New Affordable Housing Triples
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 5632 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...The share of low-income households experiencing severe housing cost burden continues to increase....
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Sunday, February 24, 2019 |
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Aloha Stadium Scheme Exploits Federal Tax Breaks
By Selected News Articles @ 6:52 PM :: 5722 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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...the program’s requirement that investments must “substantially improve” zone property in order to qualify for tax breaks is quite loose....
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Saturday, February 16, 2019 |
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Hawaii Construction Industry: Wood Looks Good for 2019
By News Release @ 10:15 AM :: 5719 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...HLPA Predicts Residential and Commercial Building Increase in 2019....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Do 'affordable housing' requirements work?
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 5889 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Thursday, Feb. 21, noon to 1:30 p.m. at the state Capitol, Room, 312 ....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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County of Kaua‘i celebrates one year of Electronic Plan Review services
By News Release @ 12:54 AM :: 4455 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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...“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....
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribes: Caldwell Appoints Crook to Zoning Board After Receiving $16.5K
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 10375 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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...After receiving the campaign contributions, Caldwell appointed the criminal Lyon to the juicy position July 30, 2014 for a term ending June 30, 2019....
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Saturday, January 19, 2019 |
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Video: Marshal Resigns After Fake Atooi King Teams up With Developer to Chase Protesters Off Land
By Video @ 4:49 PM :: 10977 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Greenmail, Law Enforcement, OHA
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... 'King of Atooi' Dayne Gonsalves and his 'marshals' team up with developer to intimidate Coco Palms protesters ....
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Sunday, December 23, 2018 |
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Environmental Council Completes Rewrite of Environmental Review Rules
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 6226 Views :: Environment, Development, Small Business
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... The proposed rules now go before the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, which issues a recommendation to the Governor ....
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Friday, November 30, 2018 |
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Stream Flow Ruling Cuts off Lahaina Water Supply
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 6029 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development
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...the County intends to develop a new groundwater source within five years, or sooner, which will eventually provide for the full instream flow standard....
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
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Caldwell Allows 60-Day Permitting Bill to Become Law Without Signature
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 6671 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Small Business
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...However, Bill 64 requires certain mandates that residents and contractors should be aware of....
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Monday, November 12, 2018 |
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How to Build More Housing in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:02 PM :: 5302 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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...how some well-intentioned regulations have had a chilling effect on efforts to build more homes....
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
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Honolulu Development Plan Forum Set for Weds Nov 7
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 4588 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...the day after Election Day, maybe nobody will notice....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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How Much Does Over-Regulation Increase Hawaii Housing Costs?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:32 PM :: 8896 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Government and the Cost of Living: Income-Based vs. Cost-Based Approaches to Alleviating Poverty....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Lawsuit Challenges 'Illegal' Maui Council Frankenbill
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 6264 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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...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....
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Sunday, September 30, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency Can Impose State Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7062 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...This law, which we have discussed before, recently has been used to create a “school impact district” that goes from Kalihi to Ala Moana....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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Hawaii Construction Forecast: After Pullback, Construction Prospects Firm
By UHERO @ 11:33 PM :: 6263 Views :: Development, Economy, Labor
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...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....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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BWS to Subsidize Affordable Housing
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 6822 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...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....
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Friday, September 14, 2018 |
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Council Passes Bill 53--Calls for Demolition of Affordable Housing 'Monsters'
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 2:43 PM :: 8443 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Finally politicians are doing something about affordable housing--they're demolishing it....
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Thursday, August 30, 2018 |
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Maui Event: Build up or build out?
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:50 PM :: 7397 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...opening up more land for housing should also be on the table, if policy makers want to ease pressure on the housing market....
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 |
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DoE to Impose Multi-Million Dollar Housing Tax Kalihi to Ala Moana Starting October 1
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 7336 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes
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...To date, HIDOE has collected a combined $4.7 million in school impact fees in Leeward Oahu, West Maui and Central Maui....
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 |
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Fast-Track Process Helps Two Affordable Housing Projects
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 6388 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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...Mayor Alan Arakawa instructed all departments to give priority to processing permits for affordable housing projects....
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Friday, July 27, 2018 |
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Bridge Aina Lea--Next Stop 9th Circuit
By Robert Thomas @ 12:05 PM :: 7064 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the jury (after deliberating for a grand total of 15 minutes) held the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission liable for a regulatory taking....
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Sunday, July 15, 2018 |
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HB2748: $500,000,000 Hole in Budget
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5768 Views :: Development, Tax Credits
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... $200 million, or most of it, is headed out the door with no visible means of getting it back.....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Expedited Building Permits for Hanalei Flood Victims
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 5163 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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...Mayor Carvalho to sign emergency permitting bill into law Tuesday--Planning Department to open field offices for expedited permitting the same day....
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