The project hit a wall when a Big Island housing corruption scandal erupted into public view in 2022. An artist’s rendering of the planned affordable housing project called Honua’ula Living Community. Hawaiʻi County Mayor Kimo Alameda said in an interview Thursday the problem is “super frustrating,” with the affordable housing shortage weighing heavily on working families. “We’re becoming more multi-generational as we speak.”Against that backdrop, the years of delays in the Honua’ula project at Kealakehe are exasperating. Building fewer units “would impact the overall financial viability of the project.”“If the affordable housing project remains subject to the height restriction, the entire project is in jeopardy,” Mireles wrote.