4,500 affordable residential units secure building exemptions under emergency proclamation

September 3, 2024, Over a year ago, Gov. Josh Green issued an emergency proclamation on affordable housing to address the high cost of living in Hawaiʻi. Nine affordable housing projects, decided by the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance & Development Corporation director, have received building exemptions through the governor’s proclamation. So far, over 4,500 units on Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Maui have received building exemptions. “What it did do was draw attention to a few issues that are fairly important,” said Sterling Higa, the executive director of Housing Hawaiʻi’s Future. “One of those issues was impact fees of various kinds, especially the school impact fee.” Please read more of this article at Hawaiʻi Public Radio at this link here.