Hawai'i County Audit Finds Most Affordable Housing Credits Not Resulting in New Units

While not in direct response to a corruption case involving a former employee of the housing agency and his co-conspirators, concerns about affordable housing development in the county have been expressed for decades.

A new Hawaiʻi County audit revealed that of the 1,811 affordable housing credits issued since 1988, only 336 credits have resulted in the intended construction of affordable housing units, Hawai‘i County Auditor Tyler Benner recently told the County Council. 

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