Housing

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is seeing a spike in calls to its Landlord Tenant Information Center. It’s working to determine if the uptick is due to the recent storms.

The state Legislature is considering significant changes to the conveyance taxes that are levied on a property when it's sold. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports that lawmakers aim to use the increased revenue to fund transit-oriented housing and provide the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands with its first permanent stream of state funding.

The state and city are providing free temporary housing for those whose homes are now uninhabitable due to the severe flooding last week.

Blangiardi began his address Wednesday evening saying that the city faces many challenges, but that “ there is none greater and none more consequential to the people of Hawaiʻi than our affordability crisis.”

About 40% of people in the state are renters. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on two measures that aim to improve protections for tenants and provide resources to better understand their rights.

HPR discusses Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen's 2026 State of the County address, focusing on affordable housing and the reclamation of water resources in West Maui.

One bill would get rid of breed and size restrictions in public housing and open existing public housing to pet owners.

Maui County Councilmember Gabe Johnson talks with HPR about the first affordable housing project on Lānaʻi in 35 years and the importance of the long-awaited project.

Maui County Councilmember Gabe Johnson, who represents Lānaʻi, discusses the first affordable housing project to be built on the island in over 35 years; Kauaʻi County Councilmember Fern Holland provides an update on immigration raids that took place on Kauaʻi in November

The average home loan rate has dropped below 6% for the first time since 2022. Will that help thaw the frozen housing market?