In the past few years, Hawaiʻi has put more effort into solving its housing crisis than at any other time in recent memory.
We already know the main reasons local people struggle to afford homes: complicated rules, expensive land, limited financing and — most especially — years of not investing enough in public infrastructure.
This lack of investment means developers pay for upgrades, then pass those costs to renters and buyers. But understanding the problem is one thing. Actually fixing it is another…