Developers of much-needed affordable housing are supposed to get permits approved or denied within three months. It’s taking far longer.

A dishonest public worker and his partners slurped up millions of dollars by illegally manipulating a complex system of affordable housing credits.

Maui County Council members said the budget is aimed at catching up on development projects and social services after years of being focused on the wildfires and Covid-19.

Dozens of people turned out to testify on Mayor Richard Bissen’s effort to convert short-term rentals into long-term housing in a bid to ease the affordable housing crisis.

The 20 state-owned units were installed last year in the parking lot of the Hawaii Cedar Church in Kalihi. The kauhale currently shelters kūpuna and families.

Council members at first wanted to trim the budget. Instead they added programs to help residents struggling to make ends meet.

The city has made it easier to sign up, but many owners are still flying under the radar even in areas like Waikīkī and Ko Olina where short-term rentals are legal to operate.

Manager claims a variety of legal violations during construction of the kauhale tiny homes, but the developer says he doesn’t understand the law.

Yes, prices are high and mostly getting higher. But there are some plot twists in the latest housing report from the University of Hawaiʻi.

Like other tourist destinations, Honolulu passed a law to hold booking platforms accountable for illegal listings. But the city hasn’t cited any company, even as illegal rentals flourish.