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Tuesday, March 14, 2023 |
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"An opportunity drops into OHA’s lap"
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:48 PM :: 2485 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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... “Rules were meant to be broken,” the trustee said. “We do that all the time.” ….
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023 |
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Auditor Rips OHA Land Acquisitions--Making it up as they Go Along
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 7:06 PM :: 2370 Views :: Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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... these acquisitions were ad hoc, featuring strategies and criteria created to facilitate the acquisition ....
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Monday, March 13, 2023 |
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Congress Funds New ‘YIMBY’ Grants for Zoning Reform
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 1721 Views :: Development
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... The final act of Congress in 2022 included passage of a new $85 million grant program aimed at zoning reform ....
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Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
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Building Vs. Buying: Which Is Cheaper in The Aloha State?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 2639 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii shines as #1 out of only 18 states where it’s more cost-effective to build rather than buy ....
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Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
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Five Ideas to Put Aloha Stadium Plan on Right Track
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:05 AM :: 1739 Views :: Development
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... avoid becoming another boondoggle ....
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Friday, March 10, 2023 |
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Schatz Goes YIMBY
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:09 PM :: 2150 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development, Land Use
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... A new federal “Yes In My Backyard” grant program, spearheaded by Hawaii’s U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, deserves kudos for targeting barriers to new housing ....
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Thursday, March 9, 2023 |
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Hawaii isle zoning review could lead to more housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:41 AM :: 1717 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... effort underway to update the county’s zoning code ....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 |
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Hawaii’s Housing Shortage Explained
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:08 PM :: 2503 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Housing expert says Hawaii fits pattern of areas losing residents ....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 |
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Lawsuit: Ke'eaumoku Condo Site--15 Burials and Counting
By Court House News @ 2:08 AM :: 3252 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, OHA
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... no archaeological survey or assessments were conducted after demolition and despite the subsequent findings of burials and related sites and features. The state and city have granted several permits ....
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
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Zoning, planning reforms would help produce more Hawaii County housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:36 PM :: 2280 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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... How to ensure that zoning and building codes don’t undermine housing growth ....
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Saturday, February 18, 2023 |
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Abolish Zoning: Land Use Solution for Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:52 PM :: 1935 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... “Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It” ....
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Monday, February 13, 2023 |
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Kim, DelaCruz, Kidani: Regents Should Dump Lassner to Help Boost Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
By News Release @ 3:43 AM :: 2581 Views :: Development, Higher Education
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... This is all about Aloha Stadium. Under Lassner UH is shifting to TC Ching. The scamsters want a president who will commit to play UH sports in their new Aloha Stadium. They don't care what happens to the rest of the University ....
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Sunday, February 12, 2023 |
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How Living Off the Grid in Hawaii Compares to Other States
By Selected News Articles @ 12:40 AM :: 1895 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use
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... five categories: feasibility, infrastructure, affordability, climate, and safety ....
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Saturday, February 4, 2023 |
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After Fraudsters Jailed, Auditor Discovers Affordable Housing Program Has no Administrative Rules
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 2789 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Cost of Living
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... Decades of neglect in monitoring the program has left the department unable to evaluate its success ....
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Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
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City seeks highly-qualified candidates to serve on Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 1457 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... candidates to serve on the Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission, which became effective in the Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu on January 23, 2023 ....
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Sunday, January 29, 2023 |
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Are Zoning Laws the Cause of Hawaii's Housing Crisis?
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 1741 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It ....
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Friday, January 27, 2023 |
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Maui Sovereignty Squatters Interfere with MEO Affordable Housing Project
By News Release @ 2:10 PM :: 1696 Views :: Maui County, Development
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"The only reason we are pursuing a development at Ke Kahua in Waiehu is to bring affordable rental units to struggling Maui families.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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Could this be a good year at the Hawaii Legislature?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:54 PM :: 1827 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... we have high hopes for a few ideas that could make a real difference for our state ....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 |
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Hawaii targets housing reform as Legislature returns
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 1829 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... 156 bills are on the current docket to be introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate ....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 |
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How to fix Hawaii's SLOW permitting departments
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:30 AM :: 1878 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Hawaii is one of the slowest states in the nation when it comes to approving building permits ....
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Monday, January 16, 2023 |
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Hawaii isn't the only place where homebuilding is virtually impossible
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1806 Views :: Development, Greenmail
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... Sim Nimby is an online game in which winning means giving up any hope of building any sort of structure for any reason ....
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Saturday, January 7, 2023 |
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
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Artificial Shortage: 74% of Oahu Land is Vacant
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:08 PM :: 2120 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use
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... Since the state Land Use Commission was created in 1976, “there’s just been a massive falloff on development,” Akina said. Indeed, only 2% of Hawaii island’s land is committed to urban housing and development. Statewide, that percentage is 4% for Kauai and Maui and 26% for Oahu. ...
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Sunday, December 18, 2022 |
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What It Takes to Spend $600M on Housing in Three Years
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1834 Views :: DHHL, Development
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... Otherwise, the money goes back to the general fund ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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Blangiardi Nominates New DPP Director
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 1756 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... Dawn Takeuchi Apuna appointed director designate of City’s Department of Planning and Permitting ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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Hawaii County Rules Make it Easy to Build Mansions
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:42 PM :: 2103 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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... Ever wonder why so many mansions are being built on Hawaii Island? It’s because they don’t involve a lot of red tape or public opposition ....
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Sunday, November 27, 2022 |
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No, Boosting the Affordable Housing Fund Isn’t the Answer
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1828 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes
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"... it is essentially a budgeting gimmick ...."
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Sunday, November 27, 2022 |
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Let's restore reason to city planning
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:59 AM :: 1917 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It ....
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Saturday, November 26, 2022 |
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What would Happen if Hawaii Zoning Laws Were Abolished?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:14 PM :: 1829 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... Hawaii’s zoning laws prevent growth, are socially divisive, contribute to Hawaii’s high home prices ....
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Thursday, November 24, 2022 |
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Blangiardi to establish Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 1759 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... The commission, which is being established by resolution using the mayorʻs executive reorganization power under Honolulu City Charter Section 4-202, will give effect to Bill 44 (2022), the ordinance passed by the City Council earlier this month ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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'If Hawaii wants more homes, it might just have to build them'
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:03 PM :: 1586 Views :: Development
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... Mainland publications reach out to the Grassroot Institute for background on why housing in Hawaii is so difficult to come by ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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Does anyone really believe stadium project will pan out?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:01 AM :: 1570 Views :: Ethics, Development
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"... Hawaii is littered with big public-facility development projects that have taken exorbitant stretches of time to produce compared with [their original] plans ...."
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Sunday, November 13, 2022 |
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Getting Permitting Out of Home Maintenance
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2097 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Small Business
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... a typical residential building permit application took 108 days to process, while one for a commercial project took 432 days ....
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Monday, November 7, 2022 |
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'By-right' approvals could lower cost of housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:42 AM :: 1736 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... by-right approval for affordable housing projects would streamline the process for homebuilders and potentially yield big savings ....
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Monday, November 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii County could use ‘Konno’ exceptions to address permit backlog
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:26 AM :: 1828 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Labor
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... “Konno” has a provision that has an exemption for special or unique services that are essential to the public and cannot be filled by civil servants ....
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Sunday, November 6, 2022 |
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The Empty Homes Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2217 Views :: Development, Taxes, Tourism
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... The idea seems to be gaining steam now since our federal court has struck down Honolulu’s recent ordinance clamping down on transient vacation rentals ....
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Sunday, November 6, 2022 |
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How to win the housing permitting game
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:28 AM :: 1737 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... delays, missing emails and bureaucratic difficulties ....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 |
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Housing for Hawaii's Future
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 5:38 PM :: 1579 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Wednesday from 3:30pm to 5:00pm on Zoom, a panel discussion on housing in Hawaii with three Hawaii housing legends ....
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Tuesday, November 1, 2022 |
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Bill 56: New Legislation to Address Permitting Problems at DPP
By News Release @ 5:24 AM :: 2023 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... Bill 56 Would Eliminate Lengthy Permit Requirements for Home Repairs ....
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Sunday, October 30, 2022 |
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Supply-side constraints to expanding Hawaii residential housing
By UHERO @ 3:10 AM :: 1860 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... UHERO Executive Director Carl Bonham participated in a panel on supply-side constraints to expanding residential housing at the Hawaii Economic Association’s 2022 Annual Conference ....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
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Hawaii’s biggest barrier to more housing is politics
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:27 PM :: 2142 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... The result is exactly what we have in Hawaii: a lot of talk about lowering the cost of housing, but very little effective reform ....
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 |
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Maui Bill 107 Orders Developers to Reduce Price 20%
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:57 PM :: 1898 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... the new ordinance is likely to do more harm than good by discouraging more homebuilding ....
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 |
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Maui Bill 107 to change affordable housing guidelines
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 1992 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... the new sales price calculations will reduce the cost of affordable homes by an average of 22% ....
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 |
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Sunday, October 16, 2022 |
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Housing Crisis: Data Beats Anecdotes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:51 PM :: 1803 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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“...Are out-of-state buyers, especially foreigners, really driving Hawaii’s high home prices?....”
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Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
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Love-Hate Relationship with P3
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1768 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... The most recent and visible example is our iconic Aloha Stadium ....
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Sunday, October 2, 2022 |
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Three Years to Spend $600 Million
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1735 Views :: DHHL, Development
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... On June 30, 2025, any of this money not contractually committed will drop back into our state general fund ....
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Saturday, October 1, 2022 |
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A New Source of Wealth for the Hawaiian People
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:50 PM :: 2049 Views :: Development, OHA
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... I have been a strong advocate of protecting OHA’s funds from fraud, waste and abuse. I am as passionate about growing those funds to meet the needs of Hawaiians ....
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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More homebuilding needed to solve Hawaii housing crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:10 PM :: 1787 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... the primary causes of Hawaii's high housing prices are extensive land-use, zoning and other homebuilding-related regulations ....
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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Bill 10: Don’t limit new multi-unit housing to just TOD areas
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 2874 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Bill 10 would update the county’s land-use regulations for agricultural, residential, commercial, nonprofit, government and other uses ....
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