Hawaiʻi 2024 Legislative Housing Digest

The Office of Governor Josh Green has released the “2024 Legislative Session Housing Digest,” a comprehensive guide to all the bills and resolutions that aim to expand Hawaiʻi’s inventory of affordable housing and ease the statewide housing crisis.

Lawmakers approved more than two dozen measures and resolutions which aim to streamline the building permitting and zoning process, generate more funding for affordable housing, regulate the short-term rentals market, encourage the adaptive reuse of underused commercial buildings for housing and to promote the construction of accessory dwelling units in residentially zoned urban areas.

The digest includes a description of each of the bills and resolutions and lists how these proposals will benefit renters, homebuyers and the general public. To access the report, go to Office of the Governor’s Housing Team | Document Library (hawaii.gov).