The Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority’s board approved the 10-year buyback. That was the only major change from the prior set of comprehensive rules approved by the board.

The board voted 7-1 with member Wei Fang dissenting.

Affordable housing advocates, including the Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice, had urged the board to stick with 30 years.

“An affordability period of 30 years is critical to preserving affordable housing stock created by the Kaka­ʻako reserved housing requirements,” the organi­zation said in written testimony. “The requirement is modest and workable—many jurisdictions require 60, or even 99 years.”