housing
Lifting water catchment prohibitions could make it easier to build ADUs
The following commentary was originally published July 16, 2026, in The Garden Island under the headline “New rainwater catchment law could boost housing stock.”_____________The Hawaiʻi Legislature passed a bill this year that now allows folks across…
Tax exemption should be immediate for affordable home…
July 14, 2026, 9 a.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget Val A. Okimoto,…
Property tax assessment cap for seniors needs…
July 14, 2026, 9 a.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget Val A. Okimoto,…
Watch: Learn How California’s New Reforms Are Making…
Watch below as a Sacramento-area homeowner gives us a tour of her family’s newly-build ADU and…
Planting the seeds for progress
Like many local business owners, Hawaii’s farmers and ranchers have to deal with rules and…
Empty homes tax proposal is vague, legally risky, and could raise prices
July 9, 2026, 2 p.m.Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu Charter Commission Dawn Szewczyk, ChairSommerset Yamamoto, Vice ChairFrom: Grassroot Institute of HawaiiTed Kefalas, Director of Strategic CampaignsRE: P170 CD1 — RELATING TO AN EMPTY HOMES TAXAloha Chair…
Empty homes tax proposal is vague, legally risky, and…
July 9, 2026, 2 p.m.Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu Charter Commission Dawn Szewczyk, ChairSommerset…
Affordable housing buyers need immediate property tax…
July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council Tommy Waters, Chair Andria Tupola, Vice…
Honolulu should expand Bill 7 to boost stock of…
July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council Tommy Waters, Chair Andria Tupola, Vice…
Berkeley overcomes its exclusionary history by…
Over a century ago, Berkeley, Calif., pioneered an approach to land-use policy that would go on to…
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