While I think the plan is very ambitious and noble, the nagging question in my own mind is: where the heck are you going to find the real estate for 15,000 homes? Or are you going to confine the residents of these places in high rise buildings (which are more economical) and force them to live like residents in MWH and other public housing facilities do? The State, more than the states on the mainland, has a finite amount of buildable land left, and if this plan means developing more farmland, I'm not sure that would be the right thing to do for the future of the 'aina.
"...An ambitious plan calls for spending $78 million this year and $286 million more over the next five years to provide affordable homes for Hawai'i residents and services for homeless people.
The Joint Legislative Housing and Homeless Task Force yesterday issued its report, which has a goal of building 10,000 to 15,000 affordable units within five years. Its spending proposal includes $40 million to support homeless shelters and service providers.
The building plan would dwarf recent government-supported affordable housing construction, which has resulted in about 2,000 new units since 1992.
A lack of affordable housing has become one of the most pressing economic issues of the decade, with skyrocketing home prices, soaring rents and a growing homeless population. Funding for public housing dried up in the 1980s and more than 20,000 people are on waiting lists to get in...."
Miulang
"...An ambitious plan calls for spending $78 million this year and $286 million more over the next five years to provide affordable homes for Hawai'i residents and services for homeless people.
The Joint Legislative Housing and Homeless Task Force yesterday issued its report, which has a goal of building 10,000 to 15,000 affordable units within five years. Its spending proposal includes $40 million to support homeless shelters and service providers.
The building plan would dwarf recent government-supported affordable housing construction, which has resulted in about 2,000 new units since 1992.
A lack of affordable housing has become one of the most pressing economic issues of the decade, with skyrocketing home prices, soaring rents and a growing homeless population. Funding for public housing dried up in the 1980s and more than 20,000 people are on waiting lists to get in...."
Miulang
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