We are all fools to believe in affordable housing.  There is no such thing as affordable housing in Hawaii.  Politicians know that affordable housing has a nice ring to it and therefore, tout it whenever they have an opportunity.
Land on Oahu is finite!  Available land for development in downtown Honolulu is also finite.  Do you really believe that local government is going to make housing affordable?  There is no solution other than taxpayer subsidies.  Creeping socialism is taking over little by little.