• KHON2, Will more homes on smaller lots address Hawaii’s housing crisis?: Hawaii Zoning Atlas Director, Trey Gordner, chimes in on debates around proposed ADU zoning reforms.

• Hawaii Public Radio, Hawaiʻi Zoning Atlas helps people navigate land-use rules and regulations: Hawaii Zoning Atlas Director, Trey Gordner, discusses how the atlas will help modernize and democratize outdated state land use regulations.

• Honolulu Civil Beat, This Group Is Trying To Make Sense of Hawaii’s Regulatory Landscape: Discusses the progress of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas and the National Zoning Atlas, highlighting recent local examples of zoning limiting the construction of new affordable housing.

• Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, “Hawaii Zoning Atlas” Will Identify Barriers to Housing: Offers background on Hawaii’s existing land use regime and discusses how the Hawaii Zoning Atlas might provide a tool for housing reform. Includes a video interview with Trey Gordner, Director of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas.

Click here to view the independent Hawaii Zoning Atlas | Click here to download the zoning data collected for this atlas.

• Solving Hawaii’s Housing Crisis: More Homes Per Lot?: HI Rep. Luke Evslin and Sen. Stanley Chang discuss their legislative action to address Hawaii's housing shortage

• Measuring the Burden of Housing Regulation in Hawaii: An April 2022 brief from UHERO, the economic research organization at the University of Hawaii, estimating that Hawaii has the most burdensome regulatory barriers of any state.

• How Light Touch Density Can Address Hawaii’s Housing Shortage: Examples from the Real World: A report from the American Enterprise Institute applies lessons from other jurisdictions to Hawaii's unique context, proposing high-density transit-oriented development

• Priced Out of Paradise: 2018 report from Hawaii Appleseed addressing some of Hawaii's unique housing challenges: out of state ownership, investor speculation, and the proliferation of vacation rental units.

• Introduction to Hawaii's Land Classification and Management System: An official 76-page guide for residents written by state agencies and last updated in 2015.

• Regulating Paradise: A full-length 2010 book detailing key aspects of Hawaii land use law, including state and local planning, environmental regulations, and public lands.

• ALOHA Homes: An Innovative Solution to Hawaii's Housing Shortage: State Sen. Stanley Chang, Chair of the Housing Committee, has proposed numerous policy innovations aimed to address the housing crisis. ALOHA Homes is his flagship proposal for social housing.

Alumni contributors include the following:

Director: Trey Gordner

Project Manager: Karen Coronel

Product Manager: Kurt Malley 

UX Design Lead: Mckenzie Bradshaw

User Research Lead: Michelle Shuey

UX Designers and Researchers: Luany Leone, Jonathan Wilcox, Kyle Wong, Hasan Ahmad, Jordan Danner, Amelia (Emily) Laborte 

Visual Designer: Makinde Akande

Development Team: Mike Avendano, Francisco Cha, Tyler Chong, Bryan Estrada, Ryan Layman, Jezrael Macaspac, Kurt Malley, Norman Sharpe, Bo Bartolome

Zoning Code Analysis Interns: Christian Schmidt, Devon Chodzin, James Dingwall

Advisors: Dr. David Callies, Kevin Carney, & Dr. Philip Garboden

Special Thanks to: The Mercatus Center at George Mason University for generous funding to support this project, Code for America’s Impact Sprint program for providing project management assistance, and Code with Aloha for allowing us to be a part of their project portfolio.