HCC §11-2
Goals of the county's affordable housing policy
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists the county's goals for affordable housing. It aims to help build homes for seniors, people with disabilities, and qualified households, use government money, support cheaper building methods, and make big resorts and developers help provide affordable housing.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Objectives
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The objectives of this affordable housing policy are to: (1) Implement goals and policies of the general plan; (2) Promote and assist private development of housing for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and qualified households; (3) Use available governmental grants and funds in the development of affordable housing and increase the capabilities of qualified households to obtain affordable housing; (4) Support innovative, lower-cost approaches which may be used in the development of affordable housing; (5) Require large resort and industrial enterprises to address related affordable housing needs as a condition of rezoning approvals, based upon current economic and housing conditions; (6) Require residential developers to include affordable housing in their projects or contribute to affordable housing off-site. (1998, ord 98-1, sec 2; am 2005, ord 05-23, sec 2.)11-2
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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