The City Council last week voted to approve two resolutions providing land use and fee concessions to two Kakaako developers who want to put up affordable workforce housing in the fast-growing Ala Moana area.

SamKoo Pacific LLC is putting up a 485-unit Kapiolani Residence condominium on Kapiolani Boulevard across from the former Pan Am Building. The developer has agreed to place up to 292 units, or 60 percent, in the affordable-housing category, aimed at making them available to people who earn up to 120 percent of Oahu’s median income.

Stanford Carr Development is constructing a 128-unit rental project nearby where 100 percent of the units would be reserved for people earning between 30 percent and 60 percent of Oahu’s median income. The 11-story building is planned for Kona and Piikoi streets, across Ala Moana Center.

Council Zoning Chairman Ikaika Anderson said without the concessions, “developers would not be able to offer prices that our present and future working generations could afford.”

The city will be looking for similar affordable-housing partnerships with the private sector, particularly along the city’s planned rail line, he said.

The Council on Wednesday also adopted resolutions aimed at helping the homeless. Among them was Resolution 15-292, introduced by Councilman Joey Manahan, calling on the Caldwell administration to study the idea of creating a fleet of “ambu-buses,” standard city buses retrofitted to provide mobile health services to the homeless.

Resolution 15-268, introduced by Manahan and Council Chairman Ernie Martin, urges the administration to study and report back on the feasibility of establishing a hygiene center in Mapunapuna near a large homeless population.