{"id":150429,"date":"2021-10-25T13:41:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=150429"},"modified":"2021-10-25T13:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:41:43","slug":"maui-county-affordable-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/25\/maui-county-affordable-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"UHERO<\/abbr> guidance for more affordable housing in Maui County"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Critical modifications of the Maui County Comprehensive Affordable Housing (MCCAH<\/abbr>) Plan are needed to boost available affordable housing, according to a new University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Economic Research Organization<\/a> (UHERO<\/abbr>) public impact research report.<\/p>\n

The MCCAH<\/abbr> Plan was prepared for the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community Foundation by a team of 19 planners, engineers, data and policy analysts, attorneys and community development professionals. It is a major step forward in developing coherent strategies to address Maui County\u2019s shortage of affordable housing for lower-income households, said co-authors Carl Bonham<\/strong>, UHERO<\/abbr> executive director and professor of economics, and Sumner La Croix<\/strong>, UHERO<\/abbr> research fellow and economics professor emeritus.<\/p>\n

The co-authors called the MCCAH<\/abbr> Plan an ambitious road map for reforming Maui\u2019s regulatory framework governing the development of affordable housing. It proposes a goal of building 5,000 affordable units within five years of the plan\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n

Bonham and La Croix suggested that a few key components of the plan could be modified and strengthened. They include:<\/p>\n