Maui Mayor vetoes affordable housing bill… Victorino says measure will discourage projects from being built
Saying a new affordable housing bill will only intensify housing scarcity for Maui County, Mayor Michael Victorino vetoed the measure on Monday.
Introduced by Council Member Mike Molina, Bill 10 requires that 201H fast-tracked housing projects have at least 75 percent affordable units unless a lower percentage greater than 50 percent is approved by the council.
It was approved April 6 with a 6-3 vote, with Council Chairwoman Alice Lee and Council Members Tasha Kama and Yuki Lei Sugimura dissenting.
“I certainly appreciate the Maui County Council’s good intentions behind this legislation,” Victorino said in a news release Tuesday afternoon. “In theory, Bill 10 would require more affordable housing to be built, but in reality, history has shown that such additional restrictions have the opposite effect.”
