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The mayor and the governor were at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday for the opening of an affordable housing building in Makiki. The building has 25 rental units, starting at $1,500 for a studio. That’s not affordable; it’s market price, since the average rent for a studio in Honolulu is $1,394.
What we really need is something in the range of the senior housing being built — starting at $500 per month. If they can build that for senior citizens, why not for the rest of us?
Regina Gregory
Makiki
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