HI SB2422

Establishes a pro-housing score program to evaluate each county's performance in meeting housing production targets, calculated as the average of overall housing production and affordable housing production percentages over five-year planning periods.

Deems a county noncompliant if its overall or affordable housing production percentage falls below 50% of projected needs, with the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation publishing compliance reports at least every five years.

Creates "builder's remedy" provisions for housing projects in transit-oriented development areas within noncompliant counties, requiring ministerial approval within 90 days for projects that reserve at least 20% of units for households at or below 80% AMI or 50% of units for households at or below 140% AMI.

Shifts approval authority for certain affordable housing projects in noncompliant counties from county legislative bodies to planning directors, with limited grounds for denial based only on public health/safety impacts, infrastructure capacity, or federal/state law violations.

Addresses Hawaii's housing shortage of approximately 62,750 units as of 2022, with a target of 77,961 homes needed by 2027—requiring more than double the recent annual production rate of 7,000 units per year.