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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 |
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Getting by with a little help from our friends
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:43 AM :: 1544 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is working with experts around the country to create a better Hawaii ....
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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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12,603 Hawaii residents left last year
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:42 PM :: 2105 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii residents are leaving the state in droves because the cost of living is too high ....
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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Our Kids Are Going Away
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1834 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Not considering charter schools, enrollment dropped from 168,152 in 2018-19 to 156,518 in 2022-23, and it is projected to decrease further to 148,096 by 2027-28 ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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Maui housing bill seriously flawed in July, and even more so now
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:13 PM :: 2060 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... An amendment seeks to subsidize homebuyers, leaving open whom would qualify and how much taxpayers would be in for ....
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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Kai Kahele: Josh Green Funders Drive Local Families out of Hawaii
By Video @ 5:07 AM :: 3107 Views :: Democratic Party, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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"...The same money driving up housing prices, buying up our land, and pushing out local families is the same money [Green] has used and is using to fund his campaign. I will never accept this as being good for Hawaii...."
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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Why housing in Hawaii is expensive--Are outsiders buying up Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:45 AM :: 2491 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the most expensive home prices in the nation ....
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Monday, September 12, 2022 |
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McDermott pledges congressional action to stabilize Hawaii Housing costs
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 11:08 PM :: 1408 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development, Military, Republican Party, Cost of Living
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... compel the DOD via statue to build all the base housing they need (approximately 40k units) for their servicemembers’ families on base in Hawaii ....
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Sunday, September 11, 2022 |
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Top-down energy plans not going down easy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:41 AM :: 1730 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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... how we got to this point ....
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Friday, September 9, 2022 |
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Aiona/Tupaʻi Campaign Announces Affordable Housing Initiative
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 11:05 PM :: 1242 Views :: Development, Land Use, Republican Party, Cost of Living
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... The Problem with the Hawaiʻi Real Estate Market is the effect that “outside influences” are having on housing prices and availability ....
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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Will Hawaii's Minimum Wage Backfire?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:45 AM :: 1816 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... might the wage increase backfire and actually end up harming the very people it was supposed to help ....
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Saturday, September 3, 2022 |
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Grassroot Institute’s ‘shocking’ new housing report
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:09 PM :: 1973 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Grassroot Institute President Keli‘i Akina says report shifts the focus from a scapegoat to policies that can actually result in more housing ....
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Saturday, September 3, 2022 |
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Will more bureaucracy solve permit delays?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:00 PM :: 1941 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... the average delay for permits or approvals in Hawaii is more than three times as high as the national mean ....
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Friday, September 2, 2022 |
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HECO's Idea of 'Good News' -- Oahu Electric Bills to go up 4%
By News Release @ 12:43 AM :: 2035 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Maui County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... This is an improvement over the earlier forecast that projected bills would increase 7% or about $15 after the coal plant ends operations, which is scheduled for today ....
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Saturday, August 27, 2022 |
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Do Outside Buyers Drive up Hawaii Real Estate Prices?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:33 AM :: 2295 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... “There’s a correlation between high regulation and high prices in housing,” Akina said. “That’s the real problem we’re facing in Hawaii." ....
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Thursday, August 25, 2022 |
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Hawaii Ranks #1 for Student Loan Deadbeats
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 1947 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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... No state has a higher percentage of student-loan balances past due or in default ....
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
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New report removes divisive distraction
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:25 PM :: 1655 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... It is tempting to look for scapegoats when we talk about Hawaii’s housing crisis ....
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Tuesday, August 23, 2022 |
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Hawaii Taxes are 2nd Largest Household Expense
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 2315 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Exceeded only by Housing--but on the Big Island, Taxes are the largest household expense item ....
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Monday, August 22, 2022 |
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To Tax or Not to Tax Sale of Food and Medicine
By UHERO @ 4:19 AM :: 1718 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... taxes on the purchases of those expenditures disproportionately hurt low income households ....
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Thursday, August 18, 2022 |
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Out-of-state buyers don't drive Hawaii home prices, report shows
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:06 AM :: 3705 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... A pathbreaking analysis of nationwide data dispels the popular belief that out-of-state home buyers are the cause of the state's housing woes ....
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Monday, August 15, 2022 |
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Foreclosure Rate up 94% in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:41 PM :: 1667 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In Hawaii, foreclosures rose by 94.1%, from 202 in the first six months of 2021 to 392 in the first half of 2022 .....
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Sunday, August 14, 2022 |
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A GE Tax Exemption for Food
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:39 AM :: 1833 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The three Democratic candidates for governor all support it ....
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
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How the Foreclosure Rate in Hawaii Compares to the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 1620 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... housing market appears to be coming back to earth ....
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
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Honolulu Inflation Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 1448 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Consumer Price Index Change 6.8% year over year ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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Honolulu Average Studio Apartment Rent $2,705
By Selected News Articles @ 7:11 PM :: 1910 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Think your Hawaii rent is high? It probably is ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii is the most difficult state to buy a home
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 PM :: 1776 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... the average mortgage payment is 78.3% of the state's median income ....
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Thursday, July 28, 2022 |
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Hawaii 2nd Highest HOA Fees in USA
By News Release @ 5:38 AM :: 2204 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... On average, HOA monthly fees in Hawaii are about $762 a month ....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022 |
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VIDEO: Why Hawaii should consider the ‘Tokyo model’ for housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:48 PM :: 2121 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii’s zoning, land-use and other homebuilding restrictions have led to Hawaii having “one of the worst housing markets in the country, and even internationally.” ....
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Monday, July 25, 2022 |
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Report: Hawaii Housing Deficit Increases 98% Since 2012
By News Release @ 7:54 PM :: 2252 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... First-of-its kind report quantifies housing shortage by metropolitan and county levels, finds underproduction in state reached more than 7,600 homes in 2019, up from 3,900 in 2012 ....
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 |
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Affordable? Maui Price Fixing Bill 'Recommitted'
By Joe Kent @ 9:19 PM :: 1878 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch ....
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 |
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How to take politics out of housing
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:39 PM :: 1760 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... The most recent example of this comes from Maui, where just this week the County Council killed a housing project that would have created 28 affordable units in Kihei ....
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Pain in Paradise
By Selected News Articles @ 4:34 PM :: 2218 Views :: Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... There is no clearer example of left-wing policies turning paradise into a nightmare ....
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Friday, July 22, 2022 |
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Affordable Housing: $2940 for 2br Apartment
By News Release @ 5:22 AM :: 1983 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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... The maximum monthly rent for this household is $2,940 for a two-bedroom unit, according to DPP calculations, up from last year’s maximum rent of $2,720 ....
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022 |
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Maui Council on verge of worsening housing crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:58 AM :: 2027 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... The assumption is that they would simply have to take that additional loss ....
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Saturday, July 16, 2022 |
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Maui’s sky-high home prices a ‘self-inflicted wound’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:47 AM :: 2802 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Maui Council Bill 107 could cause homebuilders to stop building affordable homes ....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2022 |
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Rate Hike: HECO to burn $190M 'Hardening Grid' for Global Warming
By News Release @ 3:17 PM :: 1726 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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" ... Hawaiian Electric is seeking approval to recover the cost of the project from customers ...."
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Saturday, July 2, 2022 |
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Hawaii housing starts jump 28.2%
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 1897 Views :: Development, Economy, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii rate of increase second only to Massachusetts ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Worst Place for Bitcoin Mining
By Selected News Articles @ 5:18 PM :: 2149 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... $54,862 to mine one bitcoin in Hawaii ....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 |
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Hawaii Least Affordable State in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 AM :: 1807 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... With inflation rates soaring and the cost of living spiraling, more and more people are moving away ....
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Sunday, June 26, 2022 |
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Pearl City -- Highest Credit Card Debt in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 AM :: 2429 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... total outstanding credit card debt stood at $222.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, or an average of $15,709 per household ....
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Friday, June 24, 2022 |
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Hawaii Household Bills Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 1770 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The typical Hawaii household spends an average of $2,911 per month--42% of income--on bills ....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 |
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Why Panos Prevedouros Left Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:47 AM :: 3398 Views :: Higher Education, Rail, Cost of Living
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... The former chairman of the University of Hawaii’s civil engineering department says aloha ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
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We’ve Got Bills – Lots of Them
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1513 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... how Hawaii compares on the ten most common household bills ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Honolulu Among Least Affordable Housing on Earth
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 1725 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Demographia United States Housing Affordability – 2022 Edition Released ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Oahu and Maui Have Some of the Highest Rents in the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 1616 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In the Urban Honolulu metro area the median monthly rent price is $1,779 - 62.3% higher than the national average ....
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