Build Beyond Barriers (BBB), a working group formed by Gov. Josh Green to streamline bureaucratic procedures, cut costs and speed creation of affordable housing here, is finished after only seven months.
Gov. Josh Green, M.D., has signed the fifth Emergency Proclamation relating to Affordable Housing. Developers must now produce 60% of their units at 140% of the area median income or less – instead of the previous 50%-plus requirement.
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The need for housing affordable to the bulk of Hawaii’s residents is truly a crisis one decades in the making, but now looming large and degrading quality of life for many.