2024-04-15 Bill 121, 122, 123 Beth Thoma Robinson

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Homes for Kohala Survey 90 Stop selling off lands and preserve or purchase lands that can be used for locals to stay in 12/2/20214:06 PM their home town and raise their family 91 Each home/piece of land that is sold to a non-local and moreover a non-Hawaiian actively 12/2/20214:03 PM displaces native Hawaiian people from their 'Aina. "Where there are no Hawaiians there is no Hawai'i."Generational Kohala families should be provided options to stay in Kohala through various means of house affordability that are accessible. 92 Affordable housing needs to be available to the local population only and should not be 12/2/20213:53 PM available to people not from here. Houses in Kohala shouldn't just go to the highest bidder because that increases the property value throughout Kohala. Local community should always be put first. 93 The need has been there for years yet realtors (not all) keep selling to outsiders because they 12/2/20213:40 PM offer the most money. Maybe needs to be a petition to keep Kohala homes for Kohala people. Or at least get funds to develop low income homes like Waikoloa has. 94 We can't afford to rent or buy homes now days do the high price and only making a little over 12/2/20213:31 PM the minimum wage. So having affordable housing would be the key but should only benefit the kohala community because a lot of kohala locals have their lives set already 95 I'm open to learning more about options on affordable housing. Born and raised here and it's 12/2/20213:03 PM scary to think that one day we might have to uproot because of the cost of living here 96 Clamping down on BRBO in residential areas help. Prices are really high and most people have 12/2/2021 12:19 PM issues coming up with a down payment. There is not a lot of product to choose from. 97 PLEASE Keep the housing to OUR community members and their children FIRST If they are 12/2/2021 11:32 AM offered these homes they should live in it, not rent or sell it out 98 Small families are living with their parents, rent and purchase is through the roof. Affordable 12/2/2021 11:19 AM housing will keep the local's here, instead of moving to the mainland. 99 We need more. To rent a home here is outrageous, of course. But to buy a home is nearly 12/2/20219:51 AM almost impossible being a single parent with you children. To afford a home means working 2+ jobs and barely having time to spend with your children while the bloom right before your eyes. It's insane and heartbreaking making a living in Hawaii just in general. Kohala is to me expensive because the land here, the views on mountains, other island, the ocean. It's a beautiful town to live in and of course the price is definitely there as well. 100 Affordable housing needs more support from government and the community. It also needs 12/1/2021 8:30 PM more promotions to help the people get more educated, to help obtain an affordable home. 101 It's tough for families for both parents to work high paying jobs, pay bills, and take care of our 12/1/2021 8:03 PM children, not qualified for snap as a source of assistance and think we are able to pay a mortgage too. Specially nowadays, we do what we can to make ends meet. We are still on the waiting list for Self-help Kohala phase as our hope for my small family of 5 to call our own home. Kohala has always been a multi-family dwelling. But can't keep Kohala- Kohala, I grew up here went to school here and would love to keep raising my kids here but in our own s pace(home). 102 There is a serious lack of affordable homes to buy, but I think the need is greatest for 12/1/2021 7:07 PM affordable rentals for young families. 103 We need affordable housing to keep kohala people here. I've know kohala people that came 12/1/20215:33 PM back to live in kohala but moved away again because they could not afford to stay in kohala, this was a family of 7. 104 1 think affordable housing needs to be provided FIRST to current residents. It's hard for me to 12/1/20215:29 PM see affordable housing going to people who don't even live in the area, much less the state (or the country for that matter). I know this is better business for real estate purposes, but we are being sold out of our own homes and our kids can't afford to stay. There should be some protections to Hawaii residents and not affordable housing for people who are planning on using what they buy to profit off of Hawaii at resident's expense. 105 Self help provides affordable housing, along with the satisfaction that owners are investing 12/1/20215:25 PM their time and labor into the project. 106 Thank you for doing this 12/1/20214:29 PM 6/7