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The public interest, nonprofit law firm, Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice says Hawaiʻi lawmakers have an opportunity to tailor the sales tax on real property so that it reinvests nonresident wealth into island communities through affordable housing development.
The nine-bill package is aimed at addressing several critical issues throughout the state, including affordable housing, homelessness, mental health licensure, electric vehicles and more.
The realities of governing never quite match the expectations of a new chief executive, which is what drives the request for a supplemental state budget 12 months later.
Legislators visited Vienna to learn about the city's social housing program. Here's how their states' housing crises would benefit from similar policies.