Time for Hawaii politicians to be real with their constituents instead of pandering to the disadvantaged with their shell game. Displaced Maui residents need housing now. There is no excuse for not providing modular housing like other communities struck by catastrophe, such as Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.

When you lock up land with nearly impossible requirements and a years-long approval process, it drives the cost of development through the roof. Once again, look to the politicians, who try to blame short-term rentals when they know there are constitutional impediments to altering previously granted approvals. Instead, open up more land zoned for low-cost housing and let the basic laws of supply and demand bring down costs.

Want Maui — and all of Hawaii — to be strong? Then demand that politicians cut the red tape and free up more land for low-cost housing now!

Lawrence Rosencrantz

Kaanapali, Maui

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