Aiko, here are articles that highlight some of the concerns. I think this says it pretty well, though: “One of the primary goals of transit-oriented development was to ensure that local, hardworking residents have the opportunity to afford homes in an area close to rail so that they would have employment opportunities opened up to them as a result of having access,” said Gavin Thornton from the Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice. “If you just provide money and never build those units, then it’s never going to happen.”

http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/09/honolulu-high-rise-36-stories-and-no-affordable-housing/

http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/09/honolulu-may-have-to-pay-16m-for-misuse-of-housing-grants/