Topic of a Honolulu summit: How to solve Hawaii's housing crisis

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - For years, it’s been said that there’s been an affordable housing crisis on Oahu.

But an accountability summit on affordable housing tried to underscore that the crisis is more than just words -- that it’s real.

“I think now is really the time, everybody’s focused on it” said Keith Webster, co-chair of Faith Action Housing Now. “The crisis is worse than it’s ever been, and so now we’re coming together."

The grassroots organization Faith Action for Community Equity brought private organizations, government officials, developers, the public and others to focus on the housing crisis.

Read more: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/09/22/affordable-housing-summit-draws-packed-crowd/

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1. Problem is...

all they ever do is talk about it. We have the same problem here in Seattle. It's a shame developers can't be required by law to build a mandatory percentage of affordable homes relative to the total number of homes they intend to build.

It appears that too many politicians can still be bought for that to succeed.