 Hi, this is Raya Salter. We are live at the state Capitol for Think Tech, Hawaii with the mayor of our fair city and some other folks talking about the accessory dwelling unit example that is here that can really has a potential to change people's lives and make dense in the affordable housing issues here. So mayor, please, please tell us what's going on here and what's your involvement. Well, Raya, it's great to be down here with you today. I mean, it's a beautiful afternoon on a Friday and you have volunteers coming down, standing with us or Duncan be knocking and Jeff RC. You know, top, top, top people in our town who build a lot of quality projects and they're not here volunteering their time. But for me, accessory dwelling units are about providing affordable housing in a market that's not being met. This is a 400 square foot unit, more or less, easy to put up. You could provide one of these on your property. On the city of County of Honolulu has allowed this. There's about 120,000 lots on this island that could have an ADU along as their sewer capacity and parking, but that means you have another unit that you can rent that's affordable rental. You generate income that could help pay your mortgage in the home that you live in. It's a win-win for everyone. And we're just really excited, the Apple Seed Project and Habilitat has stepped forward to do one of these here on the capital grove. Thank you so much, mayor. That is so exciting. I couldn't agree with you more. Please, sir, tell us your name. I'm Jeff RC with the McDonough Group. Well, what is your involvement with this project? Can you tell us a bit about what's going on here? Do I can tell you a little bit? I just got here myself, but our company tries to get involved in the community. We do real estate development and we try to give back where we can. And this is a great project that we heard about through Hawaii Apple Seed and Habitat for Humanity. They're putting up this ADU. So a bunch of our people were here working yesterday and we just got here today to help out and work with these great contractors that are volunteering their time as well to put this thing up as a great example of a way to build a nice, affordable, living in a very nice area unit. Thank you. I couldn't agree more. I think it's so exciting. It's always great to see folks and volunteering in the Habitat shirts. Sir, could you please tell us your name and your affiliation and what you think about this project? Duncan McNaughton. I just arrived. I don't even have my outfit on yet. That's okay. So I think what the mayor said or what Jeff said covers the project and the McNaughton Group is excited to be a part of anything like this. It helps out the affordable new feature and we look forward to being hopefully an asset to our effort here. What do you think these type of units can mean for Hawaii? It obviously would provide housing for a community that really needs it but these houses are designed to go on individual lots that belong to other people and they rent them out and this allows more housing for the public in general actually and affordable housing as well. Do you think, mayor, do you think there's gonna be a market for these? I definitely think so. In fact, we've now approved through permitting process about 160 of them. There's another 800 that are being reviewed right now. I mean, I think we're just seeing the beginning of a ramp up. People need housing and this is a way to do it without government really putting a lot of effort other than expediting permitting and waiving fees. The rest comes from the private sector and from groups like this that volunteer and step up. I'm hoping that it's the beginning of a trend that will start to address our affordable housing challenges. Thank you so much, mayor. I guess just a couple more questions. I know you just got here but what might something, a unit like this, what might it look like inside and what are some of the ways that can someone sort of live comfortable in a small unit? Well, first I wanna compliment the mayor on this effort to get this program going because it's a great example of a public-private partnership and many times it does require both the private sector and the public sector to come together and accomplish something like this. So more of this and there's some other areas where we could do it too with higher density but this is a great example of the community coming together to do something really special. So inside, again, I just got here, I'm not too familiar with it but I did go in and walk around it and there is a trend right now. If you look at CoCoCo and all the condos, people are downsizing and they've lived, they've learned that they can live in a much smaller area and you spend a lot more time at the local Starbucks or coffee bean and tea and you just relax on the street and socialize out there. You sleep, maybe you eat in here and you don't need a lot of space but you go inside there, there's a bathroom, there's a shower, there's room for a bed, there's room for a desk, you got a kitchen and that's more than enough. It's a nice comfortable place to live. Fantastic and so when you do get your shirt on, how are you gonna be pitching in today? Whatever they tell me to do. You punch nails very well. Anything that stands out, he'll pound it down. Well, thank you so much gentlemen and thank you so much mayor. What a fantastic project and oh, let me ask mayor, can folks, when is this gonna be done? Can people come down and check this out? Yeah, I think it's gonna be done tomorrow, right? They're rushing to try to get in. They're going in fast and I encourage people to come down. People drive by, it's easy to find parking in the later afternoon and they should come in and look at it. It is something that may work on their property and as Jeff mentioned, sometimes you get older, you may not need the big house, you could move into the accessory dwelling unit and rent your house out to a family with children. Win-win for both. I couldn't agree more, that'll be the last word. Thank you so much mayor. Thank you so much gentlemen for your time today. Signing off for Think Tech Hawaii.