Homelessness

"... First-of-its-kind health plan and housing agency partnership in Hawaii offers transitional housing and structured support for its most vulnerable members experiencing homelessness ...."

... Webpage is Designed to Help Practitioners and Loved Ones with Assisted Community Treatment Legal Process ....

... A community homeless shelter known as Hui Mahi‘ai ‘Āina has been operating at the site since 2020 without BLNR approval ....

... Mental illness is a central driver of the homelessness crisis ....

“I’m extremely pleased with this outcome,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi. “It completely strengthens our ability to enforce these laws to protect our residents and visitors."

... Former college in Waikiki will soon house 120 homeless families as part of city program ....

...Gorsuch said “a handful of federal judges” couldn’t “begin to ‘match’ the collective wisdom of the American people” in deciding policy solutions for homelessness....

... Unsheltered homelessness fell significantly in two of the three rural counties, with Hawaii down 27 percent and Maui 26 percent. Kauai realized an eight percent increase in unsheltered homelessness ....

... Count also finds 700+ empty shelter beds on Oahu ....

... Effective Feb 1, 2017, the Hawaii DHS mandated more square footage per shelter bed, thus reducing the profitibility of homeless shelters and reducing the number of beds available.  The obvious result of this policy change is before us ....

... Social service providers have made numerous visits to the camps at Kahului, attempting to place people into transitionary or permanent housing. However, most decline ....

... $297 million has been designated to aid non-FEMA eligible families ....

... 'Not eligible' = Illegals and homeless.  Mixing them together is unfair to the illegals ....

... employees will be trained to use an individual’s chosen names and preferred gender pronouns when renewing a Hawaiʻi driver’s license or motor vehicle registration ....

... beaches along the Waianae Coast have been taken over by a 20-mile-long homeless camp.  This is just one mile ....

... for the past 153 days HONU connected 119 clients with shelter or supportive housing ....

... This kauhale will provide housing for approximately 34 people at a time, including 24-7 security, intake/management staff, and peer support ....

... The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a landmark challenge to an earlier ruling preventing enforcement of anti-camping ordinances ....

... A successor for Mizuno who has served in the House (HD29) since 2006 and has been in public service for more than 32 years will be named within 60 days .... 

... forces to clear waste and debris from a sizable homeless encampment in Kīpapa Gulch, along Kamehameha Highway....

... For the last few years, drug addicts had been living in the dilapidated structure ....

... Hawai‘i is the third state to implement a CRVS, after Vermont and Oregon ....

... multiple military-grade tents, that can house a total of approximately 150 people ....

"... we cannot ignore the tremendous and ongoing burden being borne by communities who are dealing with those who refuse help ...."

... must be an undercount ....

... Vegetation around the property has been cleared and a perimeter fence has been constructed. However, several breaches of the newly installed fence have already occurred ....

... HHFDC housing referral program ends first week with 900-plus dwelling options for displaced Maui residents; Governor Green urges more property owners to participate ....

... the homeless are sacred cows ....

... While the Emergency Proclamation issued by Governor Josh Green, M.D., on July 18, removes and/or expedites some of the  regulatory processes associated with a project of this magnitude it does not exempt a demolition contractor from securing material disposal certificates and other regulatory permits. A demolisher has not been chosen yet through the established procurement process. ...

... 15 patients come off the homeless merry go round for a while ....

... asks the court to stop the City’s targeted enforcement actions—including sweeps, citations, and arrests—that disrupt and disenfranchise houseless people, unless and until there is adequate shelter ....

... The Hawaii Police Department has responded to 6,479 calls for service/incidents in the area from September, 2018, to April, 2023, with an estimated cost for responding to these calls ranges from $319,000 to $459,000 ....

...“This emergency proclamation is one of the largest state-level housing actions anywhere in the country in years, if not decades," said Senator Stanley Chang, chair of the Senate Committee on Housing....

"...It is crucial for the well-being and security of Leeward Coast residents that this area remains cleared and safe...."

... venison for the homeless ....

... 13 total intakes, 3 patient discharges, and a total of 189 unduplicated shower uses from members of the surrounding community during the first month of project operation ....

... "We are working with our colleagues, possibly in the next couple of weeks, you will see this housing declaration of emergency, similarly to address some of the bottlenecks on housing," Green said. ....

... DLNR removed a water hose being used to siphon water into an encampment of meth addicts on the lower slopes of Diamond Head ....

... The 10-unit village is being constructed by nonprofit HomeAid Hawaii in the mauka-most section of the Department of Health parking lot, will be completely fenced and will have 24-hour private security ....

... 4,028 people experiencing homelessness on O‘ahu on the night of January 22, 2023 ....

... set for Saturday at Aala Park ....

... drag queens may experience difficulty when reaching out to vulnerable children in the projects ....

... Hawai`i and Kaua`i counties realized 20 and 10 percent increases respectively in total homelessness driven largely by increases in unsheltered homelessness, while Maui declined five percent overall ....

... DLNR pays $9000/mo for ‘security’ at Uncle Billy’s and somehow can’t keep the bums out.  Obviously this raid is timed to support the DLNR’s request for $12.5M to demolish Uncle Billy’s.  First Rule of Bureaucracy: “Maintain the problem” ....

... Hawaiʻi law expressly excludes overnight camps from the definition of permitted uses on Class A and B agricultural lands ....

... 62.7% of Hawaii homeless are unsheltered .... 

... bureaucracy and red tape have become a major barrier to affordable housing in Hawaii ....

"...We amended our homelessness emergency proclamation to reflect guardrails that will ensure we don’t have to choose between our kuleana to culture and land...."

"We implement programs to address the root causes of recidivism . . . such as drug use and mental illness . . . and to respond to other urgent community needs. We embrace this expanded role.”

... HOU is responsible for coordinating and directing the development, preparation, and implementation of plans and programs relating to affordable housing and homelessness ....