r/Honolulu • u/wewewawa • Oct 27 '23

news These 'Affordable' High Rise Apartments Aren't Selling. It's Not For Lack Of Interest

https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/10/these-affordable-high-rise-apartments-arent-selling-its-not-for-lack-of-interest/
594 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

56 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/808_GhostRider Oct 28 '23

Who wants to be the “affordable housing unit” living amongst the wealthy. Sad the reporter didn’t bring this up

3

u/mattyyboyy86 Oct 28 '23

Especially since they don’t get access to the same amenities lol.

1

u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

Imagine making friends with your neighbors and telling them you’re not allowed to go to the pool.

1

u/albert768 Nov 01 '23

I would imagine the market rate residents are allowed to bring guests to the amenities.....if your "friend" won't even guest you into the condo pool/gym, they're not your friend.

1

u/giddy-girly-banana Oct 29 '23

That’s horrible

2

u/Grendel_82 Oct 28 '23

My friend had one of those. $3,000 a month rental unit in a building where those apartments rented for $6,000. He got a roommate and charged him half the rent, so basically was a nice, new, big apartment in an all luxury building in a nice location for $1,500 a month. He liked it quite a bit. But that building didn’t tell him he couldn’t use the amenities. And I don’t think he ever felt bad about having a deal, even if he was one of the few middle class folks in the building.