01-20-2007, 05:37 AM
Adias, No one is donating $200,000 and a shelter for the homeless in this self storage deal. The developer has verbally offered $200,000 toward traffic issues (The Maku`u market turn lanes are budgeted at $650,000).
The old single wall home on the propoerty is a liability to the owner - he will need to tear it down. He has offered to donate it to a "homeless shelter" purpose but has not, to my knowledge, offered to tansport the building, provide a site for it and bring it up to code.
A self storage facility could contribute as a place for homeless to store their personal property but they would do so by paying the highest per square foot rental rates possible - and still not have a place to sleep.
I think it is unfortunate for the important issue of homelessness in Hawaii to be caught up in this commercial rezoning.
The old single wall home on the propoerty is a liability to the owner - he will need to tear it down. He has offered to donate it to a "homeless shelter" purpose but has not, to my knowledge, offered to tansport the building, provide a site for it and bring it up to code.
A self storage facility could contribute as a place for homeless to store their personal property but they would do so by paying the highest per square foot rental rates possible - and still not have a place to sleep.
I think it is unfortunate for the important issue of homelessness in Hawaii to be caught up in this commercial rezoning.
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