State senators nixed a controversial measure that would have allowed the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to build high-rise housing along the waterfront area of Kakaʻako, also called Kakaʻako Makai.
The state transferred the land to OHA in 2012, but residential development on the property is banned.
The bill would have allowed OHA to build housing where over half would need to be for those making 140% of the state’s annual median income or lower. For a family of four that would be about $170,000 a year…