A Housing Boondoggle (Hawaii Together)
Channel: ThinkTech Hawaii
Date: 2023-10-26

A Tax Credit with a Checkered past.  The host for this show is Keli'i Akina.  The guest is Randal O’Toole.  

Affordable housing sometimes comes at great public cost. One joint federal-state program intended to provide low-income housing is being accused of costing taxpayers far more than it should, due to dubious practices involving a tax credit for homebuilders.

Randal O’Toole, president of the Thoreau Institute and a Grassroot Scholar, shares his view on the program and the numerous controversies it has created, from bribery scandals in New York to misuse of funds in Florida.

This housing subsidy also has created its own share of concern here in Hawai'i, where the agency that runs it has been less than transparent in how its funding has been spent. 

O’Toole speaks to these critical matters on 'Hawaii Together' hosted by Keli‘i Akina, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii president and CEO.

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