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HCDA pauses to deliberate Gentry request to apply off‑site reserve‑housing credits for Kaʻulu project
Summary
On Jan. 7, 2026, the Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority heard staff recommendations and applicant arguments over Gentry Homes’ request to apply preexisting reserve‑housing credits toward reserve units in a new Kaʻulu development; staff recommended adopting a conditional decision and order, and the board recessed for deliberations without a final vote.
Honolulu — The Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority on Jan. 7, 2026, heard competing legal and policy arguments over a proposed amendment to a Kaʻulu development permit that would let Gentry Homes apply preexisting reserve‑housing credits from an earlier Waiākea Gardens project toward reserve units in a new third residential development.
HCDA staff recommended the board adopt a decision and order that would permit a first tranche of credit use (14 units) and a second tranche of 32 units effective only upon sale of 15 reserve units, shorten certain regulated terms and impose marketing, affordability‑study and semiannual reporting requirements. "The claim that the success and timely completion of the project rests on the application of reserve housing credits on a minority of units is a baseless argument," staff stated during its presentation, expressing skepticism that applying credits for a minority of units is necessary to complete the project.
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