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Welcome to our Toolkit page. Here you will find five strategies we have developed to function as a toolkit that specifically helps make a home more affordable in Hawaii. We also provide resources and reports that further detail and explain the housing crisis in general terms, and from a local perspective. Use the following buttons to view the toolkits online or read more about them first down below.
Toolkit Strategy #1 |
Expand Development Opportunities
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The State, Counties, and private landowners must identify available land parcels that are suitable for the development of affordable housing, and create a plan to utilize the land for the development of affordable housing.
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Toolkit Strategy #2 |
Adequate
Infrastructure Capacity |
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The State and Counties should coordinate and adopt long range planning concepts for infrastructure financing in conjunction with developer contributions, government resources, a dedicated affordable housing infrastructure fund, and creative tax financing mechanisms.
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Toolkit Strategy #3 |
Reduce Red Tape |
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The regulatory process in Hawaii is time-consuming and costly for the non-profit, for-profit, and self-help development communities; streamlining the entitlement and permitting process is a key element to solving the housing crisis.
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Toolkit Strategy #4 |
Level the Playing Field to Encourage Affordable Housing Development
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Provide incentives for the development of affordable housing including tax exemptions, expedited permit reviews, project based incentives, flexibility for developers, and predictability in the assessment of in-lieu fees, conditions, and exactions.
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Toolkit Strategy #5 |
Commit to Homes
Workers Can Afford
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Create consistent, permanent funding sources for the development of affordable housing which incorporate real estate, property, conveyance, and residential rent taxes, a dedicated affordable housing infrastructure fund, and various types of bond financing.
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Toolkit Strategy #6 |
Housing Preservation |
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Hawaii is losing more affordable rentals annually than can be replaced. We must become proactive in protecting this valuable resource that was paid for by the tax payer.
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