(AP) — A rental housing project proposed by Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison’s company for Lanai has the support of residents who say it will help ease a shortage that leads to crowded living conditions. Ellison’s Pulama Lanai plans to develop 150 rental units, with about half of the units to be rented at affordable rates. It’s being considered under Hawaiʻi’s fast-track approval progress for affordable housing. The Maui News reports it has been three decades since a large housing project has been built on Lanai. The majority of the people who testified before the Maui County Council’s Affordable Housing Committee support the project.

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