Courtyards at Waipouli is being developed as part of a county requirement related to the estimated $1 billion expansion of Kauai Lagoons resort near Lihu'e.

The affordable rental project with one to three bedrooms is slated to be completed in early 2009, with initial units in the 10-building complex opening in fall 2008. Rental applications should be available next summer at the project site at Papaloa Road and Lanikai Street in Waipouli near Kapa'a.

The rentals will be available to those earning 65 percent to 120 percent of Kaua'i's median income, or roughly $40,000 to $73,000 for a family of four.

Another part of the resort's affordable housing requirement is developing 31 for-sale condominiums for first-time homebuyers earning 80 percent to 120 percent of Kaua'i's median income, or about $51,700 to $73,000.