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homelessness. *Administer Fair Housing training to participants island -wide. *Support authorized exemption, pursuant to Hawaii Revise Statutes 46-15 to assist in expediting the development of affordable housing projects. *Continue to maintain a housing website to increase housing and program information. *Continue to revise Hawaii County Code, Chapter 11 to promote development of affordable housing. *Provide legislature recommendations to preserve affordable housing development and funding opportunities. *Provide resource information at community development planning meetings that are representative of at -risk population housing needs. *Continue to amend and/or streamline the General plan land use regulations and process. *Continue to support applications for and to encourage funding agencies to approve start up and capacity building grants. *Continue to review and update the County building code and recommend the elimination or modification of onerous codes that do not affect health and safety. Discussion The bottom line is that it is very expensive to build homes affordable for very low and low-income families in Hawaii and without requirements for accessibility the choice for people with disabilities continues to worsen. The strengths of the affordable housing delivery system in the County is derived from the many different entities striving toward one common goal; to provide for more affordable housing in Hawaii. This will require a similar effort to provide accessible affordable housing. State, Federal and County agencies, private non -profits, private social service providers, private lenders and private for-profit developers are doing their part to respond to the urgency of the housing situation in Hawaii, New programs are continually being established to form tax incentives, low-interest interim financing, bond financing, rental subsidies and other creative development techniques to provide accessible affordable housing. Despite all of these efforts the availability of affordable housing will not be developed unless massive funding is available. Annual Action Plan 35 2017 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)