Affordable Housing Solutions: Insights on PBS Hawaiʻi
Every year there is talk about building more affordable housing, a topic that was deemed “a crisis” by the state back in 1970. With the median price of homes in two of Hawaiʻi’s four counties topping $1 million, is a solution really possible?
Here’s An Affordable Housing Plan That’s Already Working
Portland, San Francisco and LA have all upped property taxes to build housing. Hawaiʻi—which has the lowest property taxes in the country—should do the same with its investment properties, starting in Maui.
The U.S. Owes Hawaiians Millions of Dollars Worth of Land. Congress Helped Make Sure the Debt Wasn’t Paid.
In a 1995 law, the U.S. promised to pay its land debt to Hawaiians, thousands of whom are waiting for homes. But Congress, including the state’s own delegation, voted to give the land to other parties.