Hawaii Federal District Court to Rule on Repeal of the Mandatory Conversion Law

Joe West in his Community Associations Network Daily News cited to an article on the KITV News website about a federal district court case involving the repeal of the Mandatory Fee Conversion law by the City and County of Honolulu by Ordinance 05-001. Video of the news story is located at the KITV website.

The case arose because apartment owners in the middle of the condemnation process were prevented by the City from continuing the process. Although Federal District Court Judge Ezra did not issue his decision, he criticized the City Council saying that it made a "bad mistake by not letting those with pending condemnations go on." He called it "unfair to the apartment owners and highly unwise . . . because the costly litigation will cost taxpayers money."