Letter: Better solutions needed for low housing supply
It is clear that the looming ineffectiveness of proposed Senate Bill 3202 will create havoc in the longterm planning and development of Honolulu, while doing little to put the people who need housing into units they can afford. The proposed Senate Bill 3202, which aims to create havoc in the long-term planning and development of Honolulu, is being criticised for not adequately addressing the issue of low housing supply and does little to help those who need housing into units they can afford. The bill lacks specified price or income levels, lacks attention to land economics, and its lack of clear guidelines on housing supply, availability and cost of labor and materials, capacity of infrastructure, effects on established neighborhoods, and community planning processes. These issues require further study. Other communities have found better ways to accommodate and assimilate well-designed developments that include smaller land area per unit and less-expensive housing construction.
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It is clear that the looming ineffectiveness of proposed Senate Bill 3202 will create havoc in the longterm planning and development of Honolulu, while doing little to put the people who need housing into units they can afford. Read more
It is clear that the looming ineffectiveness of proposed Senate Bill 3202 will create havoc in the longterm planning and development of Honolulu, while doing little to put the people who need housing into units they can afford.
Obvious evidence is that no price or income level is specified. Furthermore, attention to basics of land economics are absent. There is a long list of negative consequences that require extensive further study. Questions remain regarding realistic improvement in affordable housing supply, availability and cost of labor and materials, capacities of infrastructure, effects on established neighborhoods, effects on established community planning processes and more.
Other communities have found better ways to accommodate and assimilate well-designed developments that include smaller land area per unit and less-expensive housing construction. We would be better served to pursue those solutions.
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