HI SB2326

Establishes a Hawaii housing element report to be prepared by the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development that identifies and analyzes existing and projected housing needs for all socio-cultural and economic segments of the population over a twenty-year period.

Requires each county to adopt zoning ordinances allowing for twice the estimated housing units needed over the next twenty years to address the state's housing shortage.

Modifies Section 46-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow counties to construct two single-family dwelling units on any lot where residential dwelling is permitted, contingent on meeting the doubled housing unit zoning requirement.

The housing element must include an assessment of housing needs, goals and policies with quantified objectives and financial resources, and a program with implementation timelines showing county projects to achieve housing element goals.

Addresses Hawaii's documented housing crisis, noting the state has only 354,719 housing units for 974,563 residents and will need an additional 50,156 homes by 2025 across the counties.