What DHHL Pursued in 2026
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands pushed several measures to shore up funding for infrastructure funding, alongside other efforts. Here’s a breakdown of their work.
The 2026 Legislative Session in Review
The 2026 Legislative Session’s Over. Let’s Talk About What’s Heading to Gov. Green’s Desk.
What’s Happening with Bill 7?
Bill 7 is supposed to be generating more housing for residents in Honolulu. What’s going on?
Big Housing Bills to Follow in 2026
There’s several big housing bills that you should be watching in 2026.
What’s in an Area Median Income?
How does AMI, a little-known metric, impact whether or not residents can qualify for housing opportunities?
Housing Reform = Parking Reform
Excessive parking mandates drive up housing costs. We need to get rid of them.
Ten Big Ideas for Our Chronic Housing Shortage
Ten Big Ideas for Hawai‘i’s Chronic Housing Shortage
A Critical Look: HHF’s 2025 Housing Survey Report
HHF is proud to unveil our inaugural Hawai‘i Housing Survey Report, an incisive look at the sentiments and opinions of our state’s residents.
HHF’s 2025 Legislative Fourth Quarter Report
As we near the end of the 2025 Legislative Session, HHF wants to give you a brief update on the state of those measures that will house Hawai‘i’s future.
A Point of Inflection: Feeling the Squeeze
As people across our state continue to feel our housing squeeze, is the State Legislature taking action?
CRITICAL MASS: A THREE YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
HHF is proud to take stock of its progress over the past three years, as well as our organization’s plans for the future.
A Thousand Bandages
As we take stock of the state’s chronic housing shortage, how should we grapple with the twin dilemmas of supply and stability for residents?
Policy Brief #1: Minimum Parking Requirements
Minimum parking requirements force communities to build more parking than they want or need.
Policy Brief #2: Security Deposit Insurance
Security deposits are necessary to protect landlords from risk. But they also create a barrier to affordable housing for many families. Many low income families do not have thousands of dollars for a security deposit. But there’s a solution! Security deposit insurance protects landlords without burdening tenants.
Policy Brief #3: Minimum Lot Size
Minimum lot size is a zoning regulation that sets the minimum amount of land required for new development. These requirements vary by county and type of land use in Hawaiʻi. They were invented in the late 1910s to maintain racial segregation in North America. Today, they harm housing affordability, social equality, and environmental sustainability in Hawai‘i.
Policy Brief #4: EXPLORING 3D PRINTED AND MODULAR HOMES AS SOLUTIONS TO HAWAIʻI’S HOUSING CRISIS
This brief examines two relatively new types of construction: 3D printed homes and modular homes. It assesses their advantages and disadvantages to see whether they can help to alleviate Hawaiʻi’s housing crisis.
Policy Brief #5: A CASE STUDY OF HAWAIʻI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY’S WORKFORCE HOUSING REGULATIONS
In this report, we examine whether individuals earning 100-140% AMI continue to benefit from 801 South Street and whether the 2018 rule revisions partially explain why there have been no projects like 801 South Street built since.