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Here, you'll find a variety of data reports compiled by organizations all over the world. In addition to this information, Hawaii Housing Alliance has put together 5 useful strategies on how to make homes more affordable in Hawaii.

Honolulu Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative

Honolulu Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative (INDEX)

New

• Civil Beat Op-Ed, "Chinatown Lost?..."
• Who Changed the Regulatory Agreement?

History

• Sale of City Properties
• City Plan Jeopardizes Renters
• City Report
• Background - Mayors Reports
• City Expert Hired

Proposal Process

• HAHPI Request for Proposals
• Call for Proposals
• Best and Final Proposals

City Council Approval Process

• City Council (8-22-12) Package for HAHPI
• HAHPI RFP Resolution (12-262)
• HAHPI RFP Resolution (08-108)

Issues with bidding fairness, the resolutions and the structure of the winning bid

• Honolulu Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative
• HAHPI Testimony (Word)

Backup and data analysis

• Wikipedia Workforce Housing
• Affordable Rent Anaylsis (Excel)
• HAHPI MOD GAP (Excel)
• Honolulu Workforce and Affordable Housing Analysis (Excel)
• HHDFC Letter - Letter from Hawaii Housing Alliance expressing concerns about the overall sale
• RAP Analysis - Analyses the current proposed program to determine who would be eligible for RAP
• CDBG rules - HUD rules regarding CDBG

Questions about the sale

• Honolulu Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative (Items to Consider)

Housing and Quality of Life

• Affordable Housing the ‘Ohana Way
• Affordable Housing the ‘Ohana Way (the short version)
• Addressing Poverty Through Mixed Income Development
• Fact Sheet - Connecting Housing With Health and Education
• Fact Sheet - The Relationship Between Housing Education and Health
• Framing the Issue - The Relationship Between Housing and Education - Summary
• Framing the Issue - The Relationship Between Housing and Education
• Framing the Issue - The Relationship Between Housing and Health - Summary
• Framing the Issue - The Relationship Between Housing and Health
• Honolulu Cost of Living Indix - Summary | Download full Excel data
• Reframing The Affordable Housing Issue
• Hunger in America 2006 - Local Picture
• Reframing The Affordable Housing Issue
• Something's Gotta Give
• Stretched Thin
• The Well-Being of Low-Income Children - Does Affordable Housing Matter

State, County, Legislative Housing Reports

General

• Hawaii Land Use Proposed Rules
• Hawaii's Call to Action - Affordable Housing Regulatory Barriers Report
• Hawaii State Department of Taxation - Tax Credit Analysis
• Attorney General Opinion 98-03 (Act 15%2c SLH 1988)

Honolulu Housing

• Affordabe Housing Advisory Committee - Final Report 2006
• 2010 DPP Affordable Housing Rules
• 2008 Honolulu Housing Strategy
• Jobs Linkage
• 2008 Comprehensive Housing Strategy for the City and County of Honolulu

Hawaii State Housing Policy Studies

• Governor's Affordable Housing Task Force Report 2005
• Joint Legislative Housing and Homeless Task Force 2005
• SCR132 Task Force Report 2009
• SMS Hawaii Housing Policy 2006 Technical Data
• SMS Housing Policy 2006 - Hidden Homeless and At Risk Households
• SMS Housing Policy 2006 - Housing Issues for Senior Citizens
• SMS Housing Policy 2006 Housing Production Issues
• SMS Housing Policy 2006
• SMS Housing Policy Study 2006 - Various Housing Data Tables

Homelessness

• Toolkit for Ending Homelessness
• 2011 Housing Package
• 2010 Homeless Point-in-Time Count - Summary
• A Plan to Address Homelessness and Housing on the Leeward Coast of Oahu
• Assistance to Homeless Persons
• 2010 City Initiatives to Address Homelessness
• Homeless Resource Directory

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Land Use Process

• Wharton
• Existing Land Use Entitlement Process
• Land Use Approval Process in Hawaii
• Renewing Hawaii's Land Use System - APA Hawaii Chapter

Affordable Housing Process in Hawaii

• 201H Process Flowchart
• City and County of Honolulu Affordable Housing Projects Fact Sheet
  
  

Other Housing Reports

General

• Community Land Trust Foreclosure Model: From Sub-Prime Mortgage to Permnent Affordability
• The Land Between: Renewing Hawaii's System of Land Use Planning & Regulation, 2005
• Affordability by Occupation Honolulu
• Hawaii Foreclosure Analysis 2009
• Honolulu High Cost of Housing - 2009
• The Housing Conundrums and Effective Housing Policies 2010
• Honolulu Housing Costs and Wages Needed
• 2008 Honolulu Housing Costs and Wages Overview
• SMS Affordable Housing Policy 2005
• Maui Island Housing Issue Paper Published
• Alleviating The Shortage of Affordable Dwellings Through 'Ohana Housing 2008
• Summary of State and County Housing Policy Studies
• "Where You Can Afford to Live"
• "Bridging the Financial Gap"
• "Military BAH Purchasing Power - Hawaii 2009"

Employer Assisted Housing Files Form MPC

• 2010 NHC NAR Forums Minneapolis Working Agenda
• Atlanta Participant Resources
• 2010 Producing Affordable Employer-Assisted Housing: Where the Jobs Go to Sleep at Night
• Employer-Assisted Housing for Chicago region
• Employer-Assisted Housing, Nationally
• Affordable Workforce Housing - Practical Solutions for California 2009
• Homes for Working Families - Understanding Employer-Assisted Housing
• Improving Housing-Transportation Linkages
• Quantifying the Value Proposition of Employer-Assisted Housing: Aurora Health Care 2008
• A Review of Regulatory Barriers to Employer Ability to Recruit and Retain Employees
• EPA, HUD Partnership to Promote Sustainable Communities
• North Suburban Mayors launch Charter One Workforce Housing Initiative
• EAH - Diane Greene
• EAH - Manuela Vicente
• EAH - Brown Philly
• EAH - Chris Venne
• EAH - Craig Nolte
• EAH - Dave Haney
• EAH - Elkowitz Philly
• EAH - Flaherty Philly
• EAH - Karnai Philly
• EAH - Mark Ellerbrook
• EAH - Micheal Mercurio
• EAH - Ray Christman
• EAH - Robinson Philly
• EAH - Susan Semba

Inclusionary Zoning

• Downtown Economic Development Initiative - Affordable Housing Program 2007
• Order Modifying Opinion - Patterson Case
• Housing Market Impacts of Inclusionary Zoning 2008
• Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategies in Hot Housing Markets
• Affordable Housing Study Commission Appendix 3 2001
• Affordable Housing Study Commission Appendix 4 2001
• Law Alert - Inclusionary Housing Ordinances
• City of Oakland Housing Policy
• Prescriptive Land Use Regulation & House Price Increases - Research Summary
• Inclusionary Housing in California - 30 Years of Innovation
• California Housing Element Manual - Law, Advocacy and Litigation 2007
• California Housing Element Manual - Law, Advocacy and Litigation 2008
• Failed Strategies New Directions in Massachusetts
• Municipal and Statewide Land Use Regulations and Housing Prices Across 250 Major US Cities
• NPH_Inclusionary Housing - Executive Summary
• Deliverying on the Promise of Inclusionary Housing
• California Inclusionary Zoning - Policy Consierations and Best Practices
• Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets - San Francisco, Washington DC, and Boston
• Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets - San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston 2
• Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets - Silver Bullet or Trojan Horse
• California Inclusionary Zoning - Legal Issues
• Housing Prices, Externalities, and Regulation in US Metropolitan Areas
• Housing Appeals Committee Proposal
• Making Inclusionary Zoning Work
• California Housing Code Excerpt
• Affordable By Choice - Trends in California Inclusionary Housing Programs
• San Francisco Municipal Planning Code 2008
• Jobs Housing Nexis Analysis for San Francisco 1997
• Growth Management, Land Use Regulations, and Housing Prices - Implications for Washington State
• Model Affordable Housing Density Bonus Ordinance
• Research on State and Local Means of Affordable Housing
• Shared Equity Homeownership
• The Minneapolis Plan - Community Planning & Economic Development Department 2000
• Jobs Housing Nexis Analysis for City of Walnut Creek
• Urban Land Porter - Inclusionary Zoning 2004
• Wharton Paper 2007

Seattle Washington

• Seattle Region 5.1
• Geographic Measures of Shelter Affordability and Income Levels - Housing Narrative 2.1

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