The following commentary was originally published Oct. 15, 2022, in the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle. ____________ Hawaii has the highest level of government regulation related to homebuilding in the country. It also has the highest average home prices in the nation. This is not a coincidence. Multiple studies have established that
Hawaii’s most popular morning radio host, Michael W. Perry, invited Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli‘i Akina onto his “Perry & The Posse” show yesterday morning to talk about the Institute’s new report, “The ‘outsider theory of Hawaii’s housing crisis.” After referencing Hawaii’s frustrating economic problems in general, he asked
Greetings from 35,000 feet! Through the clouds below me, the Great Plains are rolling by. This bird’s-eye view of our nation is a metaphor for how my colleagues and I at the Grassroot Institute have spent the past week. Over the last several days, we have been meeting with members
Photo by Charley Myers The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration Sept 26, 2022, by the Honolulu City Council. ______________ To: Honolulu City Council Tommy Waters, Chair Esther Kia‘aina, Vice Chair From: Ted Kefalas
Hawaii has a housing crisis, but to solve it, we need to know the causes — and, in some cases, what are not the causes. That was the upshot of the in-depth conversation between Jay Fidell, Tom Yamachika, Malia Hill and Jensen Ahokovi on the Sept. 10, 2022, episode of
Many people in Hawaii believe the best way to “solve” the state’s housing crisis is through greater government involvement. They believe this even though studies upon studies overwhelmingly show that such involvement is the primary cause of the crisis in the first place. The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization,
An amendment seeks to subsidize homebuyers, leaving open whom would qualify and how much taxpayers would be in for An affordable housing bill that was “recommitted” by the Maui County in July is coming back for review on Tuesday, but the bill is still seriously flawed, if not worse than before.
The following written testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the Maui City Council at his meeting on Sept. 20, 2022. _____________ To: Council of the County of Maui Alice Lee, Chair Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Vice-Chair From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
The following is the transcript for the video above, narrated by Joe Kent, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii executive vice president, which was posted Sept. 14, 2022, on the Institute’s “Hawaii Matters” YouTube channel. ___________ Why is Hawaii’s cost of living so high? Hawaii has the highest cost of living in
The following is the transcript for the video above, narrated by Joe Kent, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii executive vice president, which was posted Sept. 14, 2022, on the Institute’s “Hawaii Matters” YouTube channel. ___________ Are outsiders buying up Hawaii? Hawaii has the most expensive home prices in the nation, and
The following commentary was originally published Oct. 15, 2022, in the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle. ____________ Hawaii has the highest level of government regulation related to homebuilding in the country. It also has the highest average home prices in the nation. This is not a coincidence. Multiple studies have established that
Hawaii’s most popular morning radio host, Michael W. Perry, invited Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli‘i Akina onto his “Perry & The Posse” show yesterday morning to talk about the Institute’s new report, “The ‘outsider theory of Hawaii’s housing crisis.” After referencing Hawaii’s frustrating economic problems in general, he asked
Greetings from 35,000 feet! Through the clouds below me, the Great Plains are rolling by. This bird’s-eye view of our nation is a metaphor for how my colleagues and I at the Grassroot Institute have spent the past week. Over the last several days, we have been meeting with members
Photo by Charley Myers The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration Sept 26, 2022, by the Honolulu City Council. ______________ To: Honolulu City Council Tommy Waters, Chair Esther Kia‘aina, Vice Chair From: Ted Kefalas
Hawaii has a housing crisis, but to solve it, we need to know the causes — and, in some cases, what are not the causes. That was the upshot of the in-depth conversation between Jay Fidell, Tom Yamachika, Malia Hill and Jensen Ahokovi on the Sept. 10, 2022, episode of
Many people in Hawaii believe the best way to “solve” the state’s housing crisis is through greater government involvement. They believe this even though studies upon studies overwhelmingly show that such involvement is the primary cause of the crisis in the first place. The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization,
An amendment seeks to subsidize homebuyers, leaving open whom would qualify and how much taxpayers would be in for An affordable housing bill that was “recommitted” by the Maui County in July is coming back for review on Tuesday, but the bill is still seriously flawed, if not worse than before.
The following written testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the Maui City Council at his meeting on Sept. 20, 2022. _____________ To: Council of the County of Maui Alice Lee, Chair Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Vice-Chair From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
The following is the transcript for the video above, narrated by Joe Kent, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii executive vice president, which was posted Sept. 14, 2022, on the Institute’s “Hawaii Matters” YouTube channel. ___________ Why is Hawaii’s cost of living so high? Hawaii has the highest cost of living in
The following is the transcript for the video above, narrated by Joe Kent, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii executive vice president, which was posted Sept. 14, 2022, on the Institute’s “Hawaii Matters” YouTube channel. ___________ Are outsiders buying up Hawaii? Hawaii has the most expensive home prices in the nation, and
