News and Information

LURF is the business association of Hawaii 's landowners and developers, consisting of 22 member companies.

LURF takes a leading role in promoting reasonable land use regulation through the national and local media. LURF and its alliance partners work with reporters, editors, publishers, and broadcasters to provide a balanced view of economic and real estate development issues in Hawaii.

County of Hawaii, Infrastructure and Public Facilities Needs Assessment:

 Policy and Growth Memos (January 2006)

State of Hawaii, Department of Agriculture

Preliminary Report on Implementation of Act 183, Incentives for Important Agricultural Lands (December 2005)

LURF/SMS Affordable Housing Market Study:

I.    Market Study in Response to Ordinance 01-33 (7/05) (224 KB file)

II.  Affordable Housing Policy and Hawaii's For-Sale Housing Markets (10/05) (695 KB file)

LURF's Second Annual Planning Directors' Panel, held on September 15, 2005:

I.   Remarks and Question/Answer (9/05)

II.  Matrix of Remarks by Speaker and Topic (10/05)

Report to the Legislature (Interagency Working Group):

Transfer of Functions from Various Departments to the Department of Education (12/04) (6.2 MB file)

LURF's First Annual Planning Directors' Panel, held on August 18, 2004:

Planning Directors' Remarks
Panel Questions & Answers

Land Use Bulletin:

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