#Maui Oceanview LP

A unanimous vote by the Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee to advance an affordable housing project in Kahului drew criticism Wednesday from West Maui Council Member Tamara Paltin. She found it “disgusting” that Maui County and developers found a way – through a water availability exemption – to make water available for […]

Maui County does not have water available in West Maui for the Pulelehua project, a long planned development seen as a scarce opportunity to provide desperately needed housing for Lahaina residents displaced by the August wildfires.

Maui County Council members gave initial approval Tuesday to their version of the county’s fiscal 2025 budget.

The Maui County Council’s Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee has completed its version of fiscal year 2025 budget, calling for overall spending of $1.647 billion, a 2.92% reduction from Mayor Richard Bissen’s proposed budget of $1.697 billion.

In 2019, the developer entered into a settlement agreement with project opponents. Because of that settlement agreement, the state Land Use Commission increased the number of workforce housing units in the project from 280 to 400. The department reports that the developer has taken the position that Maui Oceanview, LP, should receive 120 workforce credits for the increase in units that resulted from that agreement.

A community open house takes place tonight and on Saturday for the public to learn more about the proposed Pulelehua development in West Maui.  The project is proposed for development on the strip of land between the Kapalua Airport and the Honoapiʻilani Highway on both sides of Akahele Street.