Title
COMPREHENSIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN: INCOME GROUP DISTRIBUTION FOR RESIDENTIAL WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS (AH-14(5))
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. Correspondence dated November 9, 2021, from the Department of the Corporation Counsel, transmitting a proposed bill entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.96, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO INCOME GROUP DISTRIBUTION FOR RESIDENTIAL WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS.” The purpose of the proposed bill is to increase affordable housing for Maui County residents by adjusting the distribution of units required as residential workforce housing units for income groups as defined in Section 2.96.020, Maui County Code, briefly described as very low, low, below-moderate, and moderate income households earning up to 120 percent area median income.
2. Correspondence dated December 7, 2021, from Committee Chair Gabe Johnson, transmitting a revised proposed bill entitled ““A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.96, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO INCOME GROUP DISTRIBUTION FOR RESIDENTIAL WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS.” The purpose of the revised proposed bill is to increase affordable housing for Maui County residents by adjusting the distribution of units for developments that are comprised of 100 percent residential workforce housing units.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend passage of the revised proposed bill in paragraph 2 above on first reading, with or without further revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of the correspondence and other related action.