Housing

The Honolulu Charter Commission has finalized which charter amendments Oʻahu voters will decide on this November, though it left out some notable proposals.

The commission first started fielding charter amendment proposals from the public in August, and received nearly 300 submissions. That was narrowed down to 19 coming into a scheduled meeting on Monday.

On Oʻahu, a 43-story condo tower under construction on Kapiʻolani Boulevard in Mōʻiliʻili is about a year and a half away from completion. It's a mix of market-rate units and those meeting affordable housing guidelines. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.

Four months into a state pilot program requiring pre-eviction mediation, success rates are high, showing most mediated cases result in tenants remaining housed.

More than half the seats on the nine-member Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees are up for grabs, with 19 people vying to represent O‘ahu, Maui and statewide.

Hawaiʻi State Rep. Greggor Ilagan discusses the SPEED Task Force and how its progress in expediting the permitting process to get new buildings up in Hawaiʻi.

For condo owners, Hawaiʻi has some of the highest homeowner association fees in the U.S., and those higher costs are impacting homeowners and the industry. HPR gets more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.

A program that promises land to Native Hawaiians in Hawai‘i has become the target of a conservative activist who alleges that it "discriminates based on ancestry.”

For those impacted by the Kona low storms, the deadline for federal assistance is coming up this month. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol shares what residents can expect during the process.

A handful of bills that passed through the Legislature this year focus on reforming Hawaiʻi's permitting processes to speed up housing construction, including shoring up a shortage of permitting staff.