Development

... involves sharing a percentage of net appreciation with HHFDC ....

... “Economic pressures will cause ‘toxic’ hysteria to be hyped up until locals sell out.  Then the hysteria will evaporate and be forgotten as Lahaina is rebuilt as Wailea v2 surrounding the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature.”  -- HFP, Nov 2023 ....

... Get inside scoop at upcoming events on how good bills managed to prevail ....

... Three Words: 'Conflict Of Interest' ....

... "Too bad Maui didn’t learn from the City getting spanked for unconstitutionally attempting to legislatively phase out vested property rights to STRs" ....

... 450 temporary studios and one-, two-, and three-bedroom housing units across 54 acres ....

... disparities exist in local schools ....

... to assist residents with the process of applying for Disaster Recovery Building Permits for alterations, repairs, reconstruction and new construction of structures in areas affected by the August 2023 Maui wildfires ....

... 300 residential lots have been returned to the county of Maui allowing homeowners to begin the rebuilding process ....

... SB3202 is in conference committee ....

... at least five bills strongly supported by my colleagues and I at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii were passed out of conference committees and now will go for final votes at the House and Senate floor sessions ....

... A conference committee agreed to pass Senate Bill 2919, which would allow counties to create zoning laws regulating short-term rentals .... 

... allow the Hawaii County Department of Public Works to issue pre-approved model plans for multi-family housing — as it already does for single-family dwellings ....

... Sierra Club requested a contested case hearing on the issuance of any revocable permits for calendar year 2021. The BLNR denied the request and voted to continue the permits ....

... secretly to give $8,480,800 over the tax assessment to one specific family at the request of Neil Abercrombie ....

... highlights, frustrations at 2024 Legislature ....

... Case said relying only on rehousing is extremely difficult given the severe shortage of homes on Maui ....

... Re-entry activities, such as sifting, may be restricted ....

... City Seeks to Dismiss Marconi Claims, Supports Move to Depose Bribery Convicts ....

... regulations and objections by various special interests ....

... No Lahaina burn zone property owners have been given building permits ....

... The developer requested a waiver for the project, but a year later, the permit is still pending ....

... The bills would enable starter homes, widen mixed-use housing, attract nurses to Hawaii and exempt doctors from the state GET ....

... Twenty years later, we are still having the same conversations ....

... bills that could significantly ease Hawaii's emergency-status housing crisis ....

... Resolution 24-65 contains most of the usual anti-housing rhetoric, and even claims that making it easier to create smaller, more affordable homes would somehow result in more so-called monster homes ....

... the harsh limits on the allowable number of water fixtures per property could render density-increasing measures essentially meaningless ....

... 36% of Hawaii’s homeowner population has lived in its current residence for at least 24 years ....

... These two measures would increase our housing supply not only on Oahu but throughout all of Hawaii by allowing smaller homes on smaller lots....

... Zoning Code, Permitting and Water Rules ....

... state law allows homeowners to divide their ownership rights into separate “lots of record” for ownership purposes, but the County Department of Planning and Permitting will still only recognize the property as one lot ....

... 2024 Legislature resumes session and Grassroot Institute is on the case ....

... to award developers Ikenakea Development LLC and The Michaels Organization a long-term lease for the 19.4-acre property at Farrington Highway and Fort Barrette Road ....

... at Akakū Maui Community Media on Saturday, March 16th from 9:30am - 1pm ....

... HB1630 and SB3202 would allow homeowners to subdivide their lots and build additional homes ....

... Federal aid money is pouring in, but “no one seems to know where it’s going” ....

... “We’ve got this long line of developers who have been trying for decades to get a permit at the Water Commission” ....

“...amend the County’s emergency permitting statute to speed up approval times, waive building permit fees and expand the types of structures to which the statute applies....”

... monsters lurk behind every corner ....

... CPRs and accessory dwellings units, and how the state’s housing regulations have evolved ....

... regulatory costs $387,000 per unit ....

... After Hurricane Iniki struck Kauai in 1992, the Kauai County Council adopted an ordinance similar to this bill to foster the reconstruction of old, nonconforming structures ....

... reform the County’s emergency housing permitting policies to help facilitate a quicker recovery for the residents of Lahaina ....

... the study from Washington, D.C.-based Smart Growth America commissioned by AARP Hawai‘i didn’t account for numerous affordable-housing projects ....

... Green assigns the BBB’s duties to the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), which will review developer applications for eligibility and process fee waiver exemptions ....

... will Lahaina literally be handed over to the HCDA and an appointed ‘Community Board’ comprised of Josh Green’s hand-picked Carpenters Union representatives? ....

... many small tweaks to Hawaii’s zoning and permitting rules that together could make a big dent ....

... good housing bills, awful tax bills at Legislature ....

... since 2007, not one thin dime has been spent out of the school impact fees collected ....

“For a long time, people looked to government like it was their job to take care of everything. But the best course of action is not to go through elected officials, it’s to stand up and do it."