Honolulu Charter Amendment Question 8: Affordable Housing Funding
Honolulu County, Hawaii
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 51 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 1,001,146 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,445,235 ÷ 1,001,146) ÷ ln(50,000) = 51.7, measured against a statewide vote in HI (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Housing Affordability
Money paid back to Honolulu's Affordable Housing Fund, such as loan repayments and interest, would have to go back into that fund instead of the general budget. The fund could also support more kinds of affordable rental housing, including mixed-income buildings.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
A YES vote means
Repayments stay in the Affordable Housing Fund, and the fund can back more types of rental housing.
A NO vote means
The charter does not require repayments to return to the fund.
Source: honolulucitycouncil.org