Question why elected officials are able to create policies that exclude large numbers of wage earners from being able to afford housing in Hawaii, while presenting statistics on the typical income levels of employees in the area and pointing out the absence of data on self-employed individuals.
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I can see just how stupid this is and wonder why any report tolerates the deception. In this same report by the state, it shows that 100% (The rules for workforce housing projects, where 75 percent of units are affordable to people earning less than $86,000, would be changed to give HCDA the first right of refusal to buy a unit when it’s sold), ), of all workers make less than the minimum to qualify for low cost units in Kakaako. What it doesn’t show is these figures I present. You must work to get these. Is that deliberate? It also doesn’t show how many self-employed people there are, people that might be making way more than the minimum. 
# of employees         % of workforce    pay
160,500          	26%	                    $0-30K
223,860	              36%	    $30-40K
61,610	              10%	$40-50k
48,990	8%	$50-60K
36,070	6%	$60-70K
58,740	9%	$70-80K
30,220	5%	$80K+
why do we let our elected officials dictate terms that effectively shuts out every wage earner in Hawaii?