Beginning Sunday May 1, all real estate transactions in Hawaii will be required to disclose sea level rise (SLR) risks to properties.  The SLR mandate was enacted in 2021 by the State of Hawaii. Supplemental materials, including the Hawaii Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Report, and the Hawaii Sea Level Rise Viewer, have been used to assist state and county planners, natural resource and infrastructure managers, and others in planning and permitting decisions, but the mandate was in direct response to documented sea level rise by scientific and governmental studies conducted around Hawaii.    Read the entire article……………………………….