Let’s Ensure Affordable Housing and Construction Jobs for Maui Residents During this Critical Time

Affordable Housing Fund for Maui Residents
On this year’s General Election ballot will be a proposed charter amendment to extend the Maui County Affordable Housing Fund, which is currently scheduled to terminate in 2021. This amendment needs your YES vote to continue setting aside funds for low-income housing.

The Affordable Housing Fund charter amendment would:

  • eliminate the expiration date of the affordable housing fund
  • reserve 3 percent (up from 2%) of real property tax revenues for the “the provision, protection, and expansion of affordable housing and suitable living environments” for people who need it. Note that this would not increase property taxes, just the amount that is retained for affordable housing.

Affordable housing is important to Maui’s quality of life, and Maui Tomorrow works to make sure that such projects are sited in areas with existing infrastructure, and are close to schools, parks, shopping and employment centers, so that they will be truly affordable for residents over the long term. Building affordable homes for working families (instead of more hotels) will also keep construction workers employed building the housing that Maui needs.

Maui Tomorrow urges you to vote “YES!” on extending the affordable housing fund.