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Green’s original 60-day emergency proclamation, issued July 17, created a new state emergency housing development approval panel intended to get 50,000 homes built faster across the islands.
The state’s top housing official said this week that “Lahaina is not on the table” for now as the state considers housing projects it can expedite under t
The lawsuit says Hawaii’s long-standing shortage of affordable housing is not a disaster or emergency resulting from natural or human-caused hazards that allow for emergency proclamations under state law.