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Building Assessment
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Great topic
I recently had a conversation with Dwight Takamine (one of our State Reps) about the sad state of affordable housing - basically it gets almost constant press, but the county and state are perhaps the biggest impediments. Below are my comments to him, reformatted for the forum.

Firstly, I agree with Cat. Someone on a sizeable property, should indeed be allowed to build ohana type dwelling (s) - number limited by property size and/or maybe family size. I would suggest that there be a property restriction whereby the additional unit(s) could never be subdivided.

I disagree with John and a few others. Affordable housing must extend to the rental market. If I have a reasonably priced ohana dwelling and my son chooses not to live in it or move out, then I should be able to put it on the rental market. It's win-win for all, affordable rent, income to me, taxes to county, Get and income tax to State...

County and their code/permit process adds significantly to the high cost of building. Safe, affordable housing can be built (has been built) without the ton of simpson ties the inspectors want to see. Quit being lazy, draw good designs that can be strongly built and even promote alternative materials/design.

This also extends to plumbing/electrical work. We pay for electrical and plumbing inspectors - what a joke (a sad one). Let me do the work and they inspect it. If wrong, tell me so I can correct it. Having to use licensed elect/plumbing contractors AND paying for inspectors is inefficient and expensive. If the inspector knows the contractor, just how much true inspection is done in their 10 minutes on site?

OK, enough for now. Of course, the above is strictly MHO Smile

David

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Building Assessment - by Kapohocat - 09-20-2006, 03:39 AM
RE: Building Assessment - by JerryCarr - 09-20-2006, 04:20 AM
RE: Building Assessment - by John S. Rabi - 09-20-2006, 04:50 AM
RE: Building Assessment - by mella l - 09-20-2006, 05:04 AM
RE: Building Assessment - by Lucy - 09-20-2006, 01:17 PM
RE: Building Assessment - by Kelena - 09-20-2006, 01:38 PM
RE: Building Assessment - by toucano - 09-20-2006, 01:51 PM
RE: Building Assessment - by Lucy - 09-20-2006, 02:37 PM
RE: Building Assessment - by David M - 09-20-2006, 05:07 PM
RE: Building Assessment - by toucano - 09-20-2006, 05:35 PM
RE: Building Assessment - by Rob Tucker - 09-20-2006, 07:16 PM
RE: Building Assessment - by Kapohocat - 09-21-2006, 03:57 AM
RE: Building Assessment - by emorata - 09-21-2006, 05:16 AM
RE: Building Assessment - by John S. Rabi - 09-21-2006, 05:46 AM
RE: Building Assessment - by Hotzcatz - 09-21-2006, 05:48 AM

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