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HRS §205A-29.5

Rebuilding affordable rental housing after a disaster

This section lets a county planning director issue a special permit to rebuild affordable multi-family rental housing that was badly damaged by a wildfire, hurricane, or earthquake declared a state emergency. The county must publish a notice of the permit. It does not apply to shoreline properties.

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The statute, as written — Special management area use permits; affordable multi-family rental housing; redevelopment

(a) Subject to terms and conditions under section 205A-26, the director of a county planning department may issue a special management area use permit to an applicant to redevelop permanent affordable multi-family rental housing that has been substantially destroyed as a result of a disaster from a wildfire, hurricane, or earthquake proclaimed by the governor to constitute a state of emergency under chapter 127A. (b) After issuing a special management area use permit pursuant to this section, the county planning department in the respective county shall file a notice of the issuance in the next available issue of the periodic bulletin of the office of planning and sustainable development. (c) This section shall not apply to parcels on the shoreline or parcels impacted by waves, storm surges, high tide, or shoreline erosion.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§205A-26 Rules for reviewing projects in the special management area

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