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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 :: 1481 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 :: 1477 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 :: 1499 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 :: 1808 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 :: 1561 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 :: 2647 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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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 |
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DLNR: N Shore Homeowners are Doomed, They Should Just Accept It
By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 2130 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... what to do about coastal homes with expired, temporary emergency State permits to “shore” up the land under their foundations ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Housing crisis culprit staring us in the face
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:41 PM :: 2042 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... many people in Hawaii have for years been blaming the state’s housing crisis on “outsiders” ....
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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 :: 1901 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 :: 2928 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 :: 2330 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 :: 1261 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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Blame for the Housing Crisis
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1443 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... the average time to process a residential building permit application was 108 days, while a commercial project took 432 days ....
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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 :: 1135 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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Saturday, September 3, 2022 |
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Grassroot Institute’s ‘shocking’ new housing report
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:09 PM :: 1850 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 :: 1832 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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Legislature Paves Way for Issuance of SPRBs for Carbon Credits – Or Does It?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 2356 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Ethics, Agriculture, Development
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... there is a line item for renting four 480-square-foot units from the Four Seasons for nearly $300,000 a year ....
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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 :: 2120 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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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
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New report removes divisive distraction
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:25 PM :: 1554 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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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 :: 3592 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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Wednesday, August 17, 2022 |
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How to reduce permit delays for Hawaii homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:55 AM :: 2846 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Small Business
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... in Hawaii County, residential permits take about 143 days to issue. In Honolulu, it’s 108 days for residential projects and 432 days for commercial projects over $1 million ....
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022 |
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Audit: Maui County Zoning ‘Heavily Politicized’
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 1581 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... ZAED lost the majority of its supervisory personnel in 2021, and only one has been filled as of January 2022 ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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Maui’s New Water Bureaucracy
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:08 PM :: 1755 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... New Regulations May Slow Homebuilding ....
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Saturday, July 30, 2022 |
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Maui: 'Yes In My Backyard'
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:16 PM :: 1803 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... how do we work with the state and counties to move in this direction ....
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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 :: 2020 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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Four Charged in Big Island Affordable Housing Corruption Scheme
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 2574 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development
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... the indictment alleges Rudo solicited and accepted multiple bribes and kickbacks from Sulla, Zamber and Budhabhatti ....
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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 :: 2123 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 :: 1783 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 :: 1684 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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Friday, July 22, 2022 |
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Affordable Housing: $2940 for 2br Apartment
By News Release @ 5:22 AM :: 1897 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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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii’s NASED -- Another sports venue that fails to generate promised revenue
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 2151 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Decades of studies have shown that publicly financed stadiums, even those that include housing and retail projects, do not bring in enough money to offset public investments ....
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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 :: 1903 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 :: 2675 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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Saturday, July 2, 2022 |
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Hawaii housing starts jump 28.2%
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 1747 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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Property Rights and the New Feudalism
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 2096 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, Land Use
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... In the United States, Hawaii was the first to pass a town-and-country-type land-use law in 1961 ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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He Owned the Land for Just a Day, But Received 212 Credits from County
By Selected News Articles @ 10:21 PM :: 5016 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Land Use, Tax Credits
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“...Rajesh Budhabhatti is a subject of a public corruption/wire fraud case....”
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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Counties in Hawaii with the most pre-war homes
By Selected News Articles @ 6:33 PM :: 1447 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... how many houses built before 1939 and after 2000 ....
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Monday, June 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Loses 4.3% of Construction Jobs
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 2020 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii lost 1,600 construction jobs, -4.3 percent, the largest percentage loss in USA ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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'Water Management Area' -- New Way to Selectively Control Development
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 1939 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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... Tuesday, the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) unanimously agreed to designate the entire Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a Surface Water and Ground Water Management Area ....
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Bill 45: Rail TOD Giveaway to High Tech Tax Credit Schemers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:30 AM :: 2298 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail, Tax Credits
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... The vague language in the proposal lacks any metrics for measuring success, similar to another business-focused tax credit whose value to the state is dubious ...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii Lack of Affordable Housing “largely a manufactured crisis”
By Video @ 7:15 PM :: 3642 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... ‘Hawaii zoning atlas’ will identify barriers to housing ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Want more housing? Try economic freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:14 PM :: 1534 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... it’s technically easier to build a house for Oprah than it is to build houses for average families ....
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Friday, June 3, 2022 |
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Eleven Years Later: Bridge Aina Lea Affordable Housing Developer Loses Lawsuit
By News Release @ 6:49 AM :: 1847 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... this is what happens if you try to build affordable housing in Hawaii ....
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 |
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Biden Mandates Project Labor Agreements, 73% of Contractors will Stop Bidding
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 1380 Views :: Development, Labor
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... Seventy-three percent of surveyed firms report they are currently bidding on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more. Yet the same percentage, 73 percent, report they would not bid on those projects if a project labor agreement were required....
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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How to Make Housing Affordable in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:45 PM :: 2271 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hint: It's not because of “empty homes,” short-term rentals, “outside investors” or other distractions ....
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