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HI SB1632

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Les Ihara

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the "Yes In My Back Yard" (YIMBY) working group under the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to submit a comprehensive action plan to establish a local housing market in Hawaii no later than 20 days before the 2026 legislative session

  • The plan would bifurcate Hawaii's housing market into two segments: one for state residents and one for national/international buyers, using community land trust principles to preserve homes for Hawaii residents in perpetuity

  • Action plan must include definitions and development plans for various land trust types including condominium, transit-oriented development, master-planned community, rent-to-own, family inheritance, agricultural, and manufactured housing land trusts

  • Plan must address incentives such as land use exemptions, increased density and height limits, tax credits, state-backed loan guarantees, and analyze constitutional/legal issues regarding restricting sales to qualified state residents

  • Appropriates unspecified general fund amounts for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, with an effective date of July 1, 2050

Legislative Description

Relating To Affordable Housing.

Appropriations ($)

Last Action

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

12/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Housing3/6/2025
Ways and Means2/12/2025
Housing1/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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