While the Act 57 program ended in August 2022, Hawaiʻi Appleseed will be advocating for a permanent rental relief program that includes mediation to stabilize affordable housing.

On July 5, the Ninth Circuit dismissed with prejudice an appeal by Front Street Affordable Housing Partners, confirming that the developer may not unilaterally end rent restrictions.

The dismissal confirms that FSA may not end unilaterally the rent restrictions that prevent it and subsequent buyers from raising rents or selling the project unencumbered by the rent restrictions.

Rents will not increase for tenants of an affordable housing complex in Lahaina.

Residents celebrate as legal battle to keep rent from rising comes to an end.

Like child labor laws, the minimum wage and workplace safety regulations, housing is a basic right.

The study confirms the existence of a stark disparity in legal representation between landlords and tenants, and a corresponding imbalance in eviction case outcomes in favor of landlords.

A lawsuit filed by tenants of a Lahaina affordable housing project has become a bellwether case for the future of affordable housing in Hawaiʻi. Victor Geminiani, an attorney with Lawyers for Equal Justice, is representing some of the plaintiffs in the case.

Three tenants and a prospective tenant are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in 2nd Circuit Court against Front Street Affordable Housing Partners and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp.