The current proclamations Gov. Josh Green enacted to address Hawaiʻi’s affordable housing shortage will remain intact, the high court said.

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In a unanimous opinion Thursday, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court said Gov. Josh Green overstepped his powers early on in his administration two years ago when he suspended dozens of laws under a series of sweeping emergency proclamations intended to spur housing development.

Those proclamations had met previous court challenges from groups worried that the measures would trample environmental protections and procurement laws intended to keep an even playing field among contractors. Green later rolled back some of the provisions of those early proclamations to focus specifically on affordable housing.

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