by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Mar 20, 2019 | Featured, Housing, In the news, Multimedia, Website
The Hawaii Legislature is considering forming a new state agency that would build high-rise condominium units on state land that it would sell for about $300,000 each under 99-year leases. But the proposal, called ALOHA Homes, would not be the answer to Hawaii’s...
by Joe Kent | Mar 15, 2019 | Featured, Housing, In the news, Website
As Maui County lawmakers search under the couch cushions for loose change that would help them meet their budgetary goals, they should remember that finding extra cash could be easy, if they would only step out of the way of island homebuilders. That’s right:...
by Jackson Grubbe | Mar 7, 2019 | Featured, Housing, In the news, Land Use and Zoning, Website
Hawaii policymakers might not have noticed, but millennials across the country are moving to the suburbs, where housing is less expensive. Not surprisingly, those suburbs generally are not in Hawaii, so if we want to make it possible for our own younger generation to...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Mar 7, 2019 | Featured, Housing, In the news, Land Use and Zoning, Multimedia, Website
Oregon last month became the first state to adopt statewide mandatory rent control, which bars landlords from raising their rents more than 7 percent a year, plus inflation. On Monday, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli‘i Akina spoke on the popular national...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Feb 19, 2019 | Featured, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Media release, Report, Website
Grassroot Scholar Randal O’Toole faults artificial land scarcity for high Hawaii home prices HONOLULU, Feb. 19, 2019 >> Hawaii has the least affordable housing of any state in the nation, and that is almost wholly because of government land-use regulations...
by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Feb 1, 2019 | Featured, Housing, President's Column, Website
Regardless of our political differences, there are a few things most residents of Hawaii can agree on: The cost of living is high, the sunsets are beautiful, and there’s not enough housing. The difficulty isn’t identifying the problem; it’s finding a solution....
