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Thursday, July 10, 2025
Green Signs SB933, HB420, HB431
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 251 Views :: Ethics, Development

...funding to support critical nonprofit organizations impacted by federal funding reductions....

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Green Signs $4B Lahaina Settlement Bill
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 468 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Development

... House Bill 1001 (Act 301) establishes the Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
OHA-Connected DTL Selected to Handle Iwilei Master Planning
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 368 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA

... OHA bought up several properties in Iwilei.  Now OHA-connected and Dela Cruz connected DTL is handling the master plan.  See how that works? ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
Building New Schools
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:27 PM :: 311 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes

... the fees have been collected but have not been used, and for a very long time ....

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Sunday, July 6, 2025
Green signs bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii’s housing shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:53 AM :: 928 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes, Tourism

... I’ve had no choice ....

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Saturday, July 5, 2025
Testimony: Bill 9 Debunked by Former AG David Louie
By Video @ 3:14 AM :: 2261 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business, Tourism

... short-term rentals have been lawful, residential uses in these districts for decades ....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
DPP to Launch New On-Line Permitting System
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 536 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

...'HNL Build' will officially launch on Monday, August 4, 2025....

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Friday, June 27, 2025
Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???
By Video @ 3:51 PM :: 820 Views :: Maui County, Development

Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???

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Thursday, June 26, 2025
Inflexible policies continue to hinder Lahaina wildfire recovery
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:38 PM :: 721 Views :: Maui County, Development

... almost two years after the fires, fewer than two dozen homes have been rebuilt ....

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Thursday, June 26, 2025
'Self-Certification' to Bypass DPP Delays
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 587 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... online registration is now open for DPP's new Self-Certification Professional (SCP) Program ....

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Bills that passed the Lege now on the edge
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:18 AM :: 536 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement

... SB66, which would create a permitting “shot clock” and allow third-party permit approval if the 60-day processing deadline is not met; and HB126, which would reform the state’s civil asset forfeiture process ....

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Lahaina fire rebuild will be complete in 2038 at current pace
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 734 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics

... Maui is averaging just under 21 approved permits per month ....

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Saving for a Home in Hawaii Takes 29 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 AM :: 915 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... with just $489 left over each month after covering essential living expenses, residents are left with little room to save ....

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Thursday, June 19, 2025
Bubble: Investors Flood Into Hawaii Housing Market
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 1270 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... in Hawaii investor buyers outnumber investor sellers more than any other state .... 

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Monday, June 9, 2025
Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 1677 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism

... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit.  The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
Hawaii’s energy future: Red tape is in the way
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:47 PM :: 655 Views :: Energy, Development

... regulations that allow community groups to essentially kill projects after they’ve been approved are the biggest hurdles to clear ....

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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Lawsuit Alleges More Affordable Housing Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 1072 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development

“The height restriction … is wrongfully preventing Honuaʻula from completing the construction of an approved affordable housing project…"

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Guilty on All Counts: Big Island Affordable Housing Fraudsters
By Selected News Articles @ 11:25 PM :: 1024 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development

... Sulla is set to be sentenced on October 21, Zamber on October 7, and Budhabhatti on October 8 ....

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Monday, May 26, 2025
Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions
By Selected News Articles @ 8:27 PM :: 1523 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Tourism

... could potentially open up a huge legal can of worms based on historical layers of fraud, mislabeling and mishandling of so-called "Ag" land ....

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Saturday, May 24, 2025
VIDEO: Honolulu Rail--We're not going to do THAT Again
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 PM :: 926 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail

... promises are not guarantees, and that big government projects tend to come with unexpected costs and delays ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:55 PM :: 780 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Maui County, Development, Small Business

... testimony before Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Kaua‘i and Maui county councils or planning commissions ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:43 PM :: 827 Views :: Hawaii County , Development

... a new report from the county’s Office of the County Auditor suggests more than two dozen ways to help speed up the process ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Hawaii: Where Clean Energy Projects Go to Die
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 1200 Views :: Energy, Development, Land Use

... Over the past five years, 15 energy projects in the state have been cancelled — more than half of the power projects being considered ....

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents
By News Release @ 8:38 PM :: 1067 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living

... 64,490 additional units are needed through 2027 but only 13,471 units are currently in development pipelines and anticipated to be available by 2027 .... 

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 949 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 11.6% of Honolulu rentals are under 348 square feet ....

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Monday, May 19, 2025
Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:33 PM :: 901 Views :: Development

... A new report from the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization shows that Hawaii permit delays in 2024 were at some of the worst levels ever ....

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Friday, May 16, 2025
Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
By Court House News @ 5:46 AM :: 1447 Views :: Maui County, Development, Homelessness, Cost of Living

... a case challenging Governor Josh Green's use of emergency powers to address the state's affordable housing crisis ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
By UHERO @ 4:21 PM :: 1444 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... The pace of new housing construction remains historically low. Housing permitting times continue to be long, especially in Honolulu and Maui ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 859 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes

“I want him to sign the historic review bills, the impact fee bill, the permit bill.”

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Grassroot: Akina gives Legislature a 'B-'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:18 PM :: 1087 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes

... SB1296 will allow most Lahaina residents in the area’s Special Management Area to rebuild without having to go through the burdensome SMA permitting process ....

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Peeling away regulations that hinder homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:06 PM :: 1216 Views :: Maui County, Development

... rebuilding Lahaina ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
​Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 2104 Views :: Hawaii County , Development

... Ausman is not quite out of the woods yet ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
Mayor establishes new Department of Housing and Land Management with City Council’s blessing
By News Release @ 1:28 PM :: 1817 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... strategic reorganization to centralize and accelerate the City’s housing initiatives ....

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Sunday, May 4, 2025
Legislature on a housing-reform streak
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:00 PM :: 1038 Views :: Development, Land Use

... Bills that will help mitigate Hawaii’s housing crisis include ....

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Monday, April 28, 2025
‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 5443 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Even the bill’s supporters don’t pretend rents will come down ....

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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Resolutions a sign that legislators are listening
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:39 PM :: 1099 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government

... fiscal notes and building codes ....

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Monday, April 21, 2025
SB1296: Apply rebuilding waivers to all Lahaina fire victims
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:09 PM :: 1052 Views :: Maui County, Development

...  SB1296 seeks to exempt buildings anywhere in Hawaii destroyed by a disaster from needing a Special Management Area permit to rebuild ....

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Sunday, April 13, 2025
WSJ: Lahaina's Lessons for Los Angeles
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:03 PM :: 1218 Views :: Maui County, Development

... how intractable regulations have delayed rebuilding in Lahaina ....

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Lahaina Ferry Pier Rebuild Named Best of 2024
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 1479 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Maui’s Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry Pier Improvements was named one of the most significant construction projects of 2024 ....

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
10 reasons Lahaina rebuilding has been so depressingly slow
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:52 PM :: 1442 Views :: Maui County, Development

... only 341 permits to rebuild have been issued as of the end of March 2025, and only eight homes have been completed ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
Turns out you can fight city hall — and win!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:29 PM :: 1125 Views :: Hawaii County , Development

... Ausman sued Hawai‘i County’s Board of Appeals after finding himself in the strange position of owning a beach house in Milolii that he couldn’t live in or renovate ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judges
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 1979 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Development, Judiciary, Land Use

... Governor Green has nominated three Circuit Court Judges in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and Hannah Kihalani Springer to the Commission on Water Resource Management ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
VIDEO: Progress in reducing housing regulations
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:17 PM :: 994 Views :: Development

... conversation between Ted Kefalas, the Grassroot Institute director of strategic campaigns, and state Rep. Lauren Matsumoto on the March 11 episode of “The Right Side” radio show ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
Lahaina: Still waiting for permits
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:59 PM :: 1303 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... he’s paying a mortgage on an empty lot and watching his resources drain away while waiting for permits and approvals to rebuild ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Lahaina: "Feelings of conspiracy and mistrust"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 1559 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... It’s a situation formed by both negligence and design ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Surfing the environmental permitting bureaucracy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 1318 Views :: Environment, Development, Land Use

... promising policies, such as those mentioned in a new CEI report, may signal Hawaii is headed in a new direction in regulating its permitting system ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Hawaii 204 Condo Projects Blacklisted by Fannie Mae
By Selected News Articles @ 8:49 PM :: 2140 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii's 204 blacklisted condo projects make us 4th-worst in USA.  Since the other top states are much larger, Hawaii probably has the most blacklisted condo units per capita ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Lahaina Housing: ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:44 AM :: 1172 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion

... members of the Pukalani Community Church of the Nazarene  spent eight months building four homes for residents displaced by Maui’s August 2023 wildfires ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
Grassroot Bills Alive After Crossover
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:35 PM :: 1179 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes

... March 6, marked the halfway point of the Hawaii's 2025 legislative session, which is when the bills that are still alive cross over from the House chamber to the Senate and vice versa ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
HB422: Let’s close the book on school impact fees
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:59 PM :: 846 Views :: Education K-12, Development

... HB422 would abolish the school impact fee program and transfer its balance to the School Facilities Special Fund ....

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