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HI HCR32
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/6/2017
Primary Sponsor
Gregg Takayama
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AI Summary
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Requests each county council to consider providing incentives such as waiving infrastructure capacity costs, permitting fees, and water fees for developers building housing for households earning less than 80 percent of area median income (AMI)
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Encourages counties to develop a sliding scale of incentives based on housing affordability levels to encourage development for both households earning less than 80 percent AMI and those earning 80 to 140 percent AMI
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Identifies critical affordable housing shortage, noting the 2011 Hawaii Housing Planning Study found need for 6,000+ ownership units and 13,000+ rental units for households earning less than 80 percent AMI between 2012 and 2016
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Cites median home prices in August 2016 of $747,500 for single family homes and $398,000 for condominiums in Honolulu as evidence of affordability crisis
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Directs transmission of the resolution to all county councils and water board chairpersons across Hawaii's four counties
Legislative Description
Requesting The Counties To Consider Providing Incentives For Developers To Develop Housing For Households Earning Less Than Eighty Percent Of The Area Median Income.
Counties
Last Action
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on WAL as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ichiyama excused (2).
3/9/2017