Entries for 'UHERO'

“Tourism…dropped off the edge of the Earth.”

... displaced families are now searching for housing in one of the nation’s most expensive markets ....

... NEM solar users bills increase: 100%, 200%, or more ... 

... HRS Chapter 26-35 spells out the requirements that apply to an agency administratively attached to a state department ....

... in recent decades visitor spending stopped growing while the number of tourists continued to increase ....

...Roughly 10-30% of people who get COVID, suffer persistent symptoms colloquially known as “long COVID”....

... A national recession will weigh on Hawaiʻi later this year ....

... In Waikiki, Lahaina, and Kihei, 10,000s of hotel condo units were built as STRs in the 1980s and 1990s long before anybody ever heard of AirBnB and long before the recent housing inflation.  'Removing all STRs' would include stripping these units of their rights.  You are not supposed to notice this fatuous little trick, but now you have ....

"...HTA’s statutory authority lacks force .... HTA did not have sufficient authority or resources to require others to help carry out (the) plan...."

... Hawai‘i has had a system of partial public financing in place for more than forty years, but few candidates participate ....

... Policy “cliffs” occur when a large benefit is suddenly withdrawn when income exceeds some threshold, even if by only $1. Cliffs may also reduce incentives to work and earn more ....

... "7.2% of the individuals were furloughed, or reduced their working hours while 6.6% of them reported having someone in their family furloughed or reducing working hours" ....

... Rising interest rates, dwindling pandemic era savings and the coming U.S. downturn will cause a pause in growth next year. But the belated recovery of the Japanese visitor market and surging public sector construction will prevent a recession in the islands ....

... comparing the actual outcomes during the affected period with the pre-pandemic forecast ....

... Rethinking HTA’s “Regenerative Tourism Fee” ....

... 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 ....

"...The problem has been implementation...."

... high inflation, higher travel costs, and the Fed’s interest rate hikes will still adversely impact Hawaii households and businesses ....

... taxes on the purchases of those expenditures disproportionately hurt low income households ....

... almost 1 in 3 adults in Hawai‘i infected with COVID-19 experience Long-COVID ....

“...In many concentrated insurance markets such as Hawaiʻi, insurers have few incentives to negotiate lower prices. They can easily pass these costs onto premiums without losing market share....”

... on September 13, 2021, the counties of Honolulu and Maui mandated that customers and employees provide proof of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test ....

... Inflation in the Islands hit 7.5% in March ....

... The extent of astronomy’s economic impact on the state goes well beyond the standard economic measurements when “spillover” effects are included ....

... inflation has not been over 7.5% since 1991 ....

... One of the factors that may explain Hawaii’s high home prices are government regulations that limit the ability of the housing market to create the units necessary to meet demand ....

... Optimistic UHERO forecast with Omicron end, expected return of international visitors ....

... the trade-off in temporary losses during the adjustment period is met with significant gains in public health ....

... Economic recovery resumed with the end of Hawaii’s COVID-19 wave. Now Omicron is a new threat .... 

... lump-sum entry fees assessed on visitors only are legally problematic in the U.S. as they may be judged to impede travel between states and discriminate against non-residents in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws ....

... How to build affordable housing?  Impose a $1.169 billion tax on housing.  Clue: 'Boondoggle' ....

... a difficult obstacle stands in the way of achieving the HTA action plans:  “HTA lacks authority over state and county agencies.” ....

... an additional 8% of employees were estimated to have been vaccinated as a result of the mandates. We also observed that 5.9% of employees elected regular COVID-19 testing, while 1.7% were either dismissed or resigned ....

... refrigerators have the highest share of the total household energy (21.4%), followed by electric devices (18.6%) and water heating (17.9%) ....

... conducting a brief 10-minute survey for business managers and owners to understand the impacts of the new COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements on their business ....

... The largest businesses of 50 or more employees reported the lowest proportion of vaccinations at their workplaces ....

... This tool can help the public and policymakers identify areas that are particularly dangerous for drivers and pedestrians ....

... CLUE: ‘Domestic’ aviation means Hawaii inter-island, not ‘domestic’ within the USA.  If trans-oceanic aviation were included, Hawaii would be nowhere near the goal--so they ‘solve’ the problem by ignoring it ....

... According to the U.S. Travel Association, fourteen state tourism offices are funded either partly or entirely by a statewide lodging tax ....

... The Legislature’s decision to strip the county’s share of TAT revenues is certainly a stark change from just a few years ago ....

... Hawaii led the nation with the highest percentage of its civilian labor force unemployed for 15 weeks or longer 5.3% ....

... As business activity contracted, the state quickly shed more than 150,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate jumped from 2% to 22% ....

... A potential cause of the recent virus spread is the decline in the share of people staying at home and a rise in gatherings ....

... Falling virus counts and vaccination progress set the stage for a strengthening visitor industry recovery ....

... The number of gambling measures introduced in the legislature rose whenever the state government encountered money problems ....

... ADC’s emphasis on land acquisition has made it a costly, disorganized and ineffective program while the state and counties have failed to fulfill their promises to landowners participating in the IAL program ....

... UHERO second quarterly survey of rental property owners and managers ....

... CLUE: There is no shortage of private capital available for tech startups.  If your tech startup needs government funds it is fake ....

...more free money from the sky....

... Annual Hawaii Forecast With Global Outlook: Mainland COVID-19 surge means a bleak winter, but vaccines promise 2021 growth ....