§226-106  Affordable housing.  Priorityguidelines for the provision of affordable housing:

(1)  Seek to use marginal or nonessential agriculturalland and public land to meet housing needs of low- and moderate-income andgap-group households.

(2)  Encourage the use of alternative construction anddevelopment methods as a means of reducing production costs.

(3)  Improve information and analysis relative to landavailability and suitability for housing.

(4)  Create incentives for development which would increasehome ownership and rental opportunities for Hawaii's low- and moderate-incomehouseholds, gap-group households, and residents with special needs.

(5)  Encourage continued support for government orprivate housing programs that provide low interest mortgages to Hawaii's peoplefor the purchase of initial owner- occupied housing.

(6)  Encourage public and private sector cooperationin the development of rental housing alternatives.

(7)  Encourage improved coordination between variousagencies and levels of government to deal with housing policies andregulations.

(8)  Give higher priority to the provision of qualityhousing that is affordable for Hawaii's residents and less priority todevelopment of housing intended primarily for individuals outside of Hawaii. [L1986, c 276, §33; am L 1989, c 250, §3]