These 5 Bills Could Be Game Changers For Hawaii Residents Struggling To Afford A Place To Live…Hawaii lawmakers have proposed bills steering hundreds of millions of state and federal dollars toward a range of housing solutions.
Midway through the 2022 legislative session more than two dozen bills related to housing remain alive, spawning optimism for advocates focusing on one of Hawaii’s most pressing social and economic issues.
Some are legislative blockbusters that relate to funding, and include $600 million for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to build homes for thousands of Native Hawaiians on a waitlist for residential leases.
But other less-publicized measures are still alive, addressing a broad range of issues from supporting development of tiny home villages to requiring the governor’s homeless coordinator to identify public lands suitable for affordable housing and providing $300 million in funding to develop rental housing.
