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Infrastructure Unlocks More Housing

Infrastructure Unlocks More Housing

Infrastructure Unlocks More Housing

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BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO UNLOCK MORE HOUSING

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Hawaiʻi needs more homes, but nearly every new housing community depends on major public infrastructure—roads, water, wastewater, drainage, utilities, parks and other improvements. These systems are expensive, must often be planned and built before homes can go up, and can make otherwise viable housing projects harder or more costly to finance and deliver.

Resilient Infrastructure for Shelter and Equity (RISE) would give counties a new tool to finance those public improvements upfront and repay the bonds solely from future property-tax growth within designated districts—not by increasing existing property-tax rates. By solving the infrastructure problem first, RISE can help unlock more housing.

The Challenge

The Challenge

The Challenge

Hawaiʻi needs more homes at every price point, but housing cannot be built without the infrastructure to support it. When roads, water, wastewater and other public systems are unfunded or delayed, projects stall, costs rise, and fewer homes reach the market. RISE is designed to help close that infrastructure financing gap.

Hawaiʻi needs more homes at every price point, but housing cannot be built without the infrastructure to support it. When roads, water, wastewater and other public systems are unfunded or delayed, projects stall, costs rise, and fewer homes reach the market. RISE is designed to help close that infrastructure financing gap.

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INFRASTRUCTURE COMES FIRST

Every new housing community needs roads, water, wastewater, drainage, utilities and other public improvements. When that infrastructure is missing or underfunded, housing projects can be delayed before construction even begins.

Every new housing community needs roads, water, wastewater, drainage, utilities and other public improvements. When that infrastructure is missing or underfunded, housing projects can be delayed before construction even begins.

UPFRONT COSTS CAN STALL HOUSING

Major infrastructure costs arrive early—often long before homes are completed. Without a practical way to finance those improvements upfront, otherwise viable housing projects can stall or become harder to build.

Major infrastructure costs arrive early—often long before homes are completed. Without a practical way to finance those improvements upfront, otherwise viable housing projects can stall or become harder to build.

INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AFFECT HOUSING COSTS

When a single housing project must shoulder major public infrastructure costs, those costs can make homes more expensive to deliver and make some projects financially difficult to move forward.

When a single housing project must shoulder major public infrastructure costs, those costs can make homes more expensive to deliver and make some projects financially difficult to move forward.

COUNTIES NEED A SCALABLE TOOL

RISE gives counties a new way to finance public infrastructure upfront, helping remove a major barrier to housing production so more projects can move forward and more homes can ultimately be built.

RISE gives counties a new way to finance public infrastructure upfront, helping remove a major barrier to housing production so more projects can move forward and more homes can ultimately be built.

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