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

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Homes for Kohala Survey 54 Aloha, I'm privileged to be able to afford my home from my pension(s)/ investments. I'm 12/3/2021 11:53 AM seventy-three years of age. There IS a dire need for affordable housing in N. Kohala. I DO NOT see the situation getting better. Mahalo 55 1 think kids today and future generations will have a hard time finding affordable homes. With 12/3/2021 11:12 AM everything having a huge increase in prices, high cost of living in HAWAII will make them have a hard time finding affordable homes. And because of this, most young adults right now are choosing to stay with parents home just to survive and having a roof over their heads. And having two jobs isn't enough... $15 minimum wage in Hawaii isn't enough. My parents home was around$200k back in the 80s-90s. Today it's worth triple that number. 56 More locals less haoles 12/3/20219:23 AM 57 We are being priced out of our land. Why isn't there more affordable housing?Why isn't there 12/3/20219:08 AM subsidized housing? I am one pay check away from being homeless be the rent is too high. 58 There are so many people with a lot of money moving here that we desperately need affordable 12/3/2021 8:46 AM housing so our locals have something to choose from. 59 Keep"affordable" housing for locals only. Meaning you would have to have maintained Atleast 12/3/2021 8:35 AM 15 consecutive years of residence in hawaii to apply or purchase, then would have to maintain a live in of 10 of 12 months at the residence. To much land is being sold to outsiders from the mainland where the pay is higher and living is cheaper so they can afford to come here and buy, pushing all the native locals out of their own home lands and making it unaffordable or even hard to find a home to live in. I don't see this changing in our lifetime, which is sad.... 60 All i now is that it would be nice to not worry for someone who is Bron and raised worry if I well 12/3/2021 8:24 AM have a house to live in next month been that my house I rent is month to month also not have that feeling behind you head that I paying someone else's mortgage 61 For some of us like myself were moved to Mainland as a small keiki for"better" opportunities 12/3/20216:09 AM however, Here I am an Adult w/five children of my own&feel like my hapa-popolo children have a greater chance of survival in Hawai'i nei. Mahalo nui for your time. 62 Everybody helps eachother out 12/3/20215:43 AM 63 Thank you 12/3/2021 1:22 AM 64 Housing programs to help find affordable home for new families or families in need of funding 12/3/2021 12:43 AM housing with low income 65 Bring everyone together as one& make this happen. 12/2/2021 10:37 PM 66 1 strongly believe that it doesn't matter where you live on the big island , affordable housing for 12/2/2021 10:26 PM locals in general is hard to find. That's why many of the upcoming generations are having a hard time to afford their own place wether they live on their own or as a couple or even as a family of three . That's why many of us live with our parents/relatives/friends still because housing is ridiculously out priced for locals to afford. If we're speaking realistically, the cost of living on the islands is only increasing. A single person with a minimum wage job wouldn't be able to afford a house on their own being that rent costs just as much as a mortgage would. A family of three with two adults and one child wouldn't be able to afford to buy/rent a place of their own unless they land a really good paying job or both parents are working two jobs . That's just the reality of living in the place we call home and it's so unfortunate to our local people because while it's hard for us to afford a place in our own home , mainlanders/non residents move here , buy houses, buy land because they have the money for it . While locals are struggling or being put on waiting lists such as low income housing , Hawaiian homes , section 8 , etc . This is why low income housing is so important to have for locals, as much as I wish it wasn't this way and as much as I wish locals/ local family's could afford to live comfortably in a house/place of their own , with tourism and the cost of living increasing it makes it that much harder to afford. Slowly but surely locals are being pushed out of their own home where they were born and raised, having to move to the mainland because it's more affordable to make a living in the mainland compared to here. I hope one day locals won't have to face this issue , I hope one day we can find a solution for our local people and the futures of our keiki. 67 We need to build more affordable houses for our community. 12/2/2021 10:21 PM 68 More affordable homes we can keep our families here in the islands instead of going to the 12/2/2021 10:05 PM mainland. 4/7