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Hawaii affordable housing demand is sky high, but not at one tower

It’s hard to dispute that affordable housing in Hawaii is in critically short supply, but one developer in Honolulu is having a very hard time selling it.

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Council amends planning department permit backlog bill

A measure meant to temporarily increase the use of outside professionals at the city’s Department of Planning and Permitting and reduce the months-long backlog of building permit applications was amended to focus on tenant improvements, small solar projects and affordable rental housing developments.

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Editorial: Help homeless move off streets

Mayor after Honolulu mayor has tackled the Sisyphean task of reducing the homelessness problem, manifested in unsightly and unhealthy tent encampments crowding city streets.

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Former Honolulu Mayor pens book about COVID-19

"Our Beaches Were Empty, Our Hospitals Full" gives an inside look at an unprecedented community effort, and a playbook on what to do—and what not to do—the next time around.

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Two new books tell the story of Hawaiʻi during the pandemic

Two new books tell the story of Hawaiʻi during the pandemic
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