Homelessness

...During law enforcement efforts over the past two years more than 200 people have been arrested....

“If there’s any silver lining to what law breakers are posting on social media, is that it’s caused significant public outrage."

Hawai‘i County saw the largest decrease at 32 percent, Maui County saw a 22 percent decline and Kaua‘i County a seven percent drop compared to 2016. O‘ahu saw a half percent increase in homeless ....

...Shut up or we’ll make you pay for rail too....

The maximum income for applicants is 50 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI), with rents ranging from $880 to $1,306 per month....

Question: How can we increase homelessness 100-fold?  

Answer: Make housing a right.

Seven People Cited So Far During Cleanup & Enforcement Operation....

"Currently, there are no laws on the books that allow for the involuntarily commitment of individuals who are mentally ill or drug addicted or alcoholic...."

"A person can be lying in their feces in a public stairwell and have an absolute constitutional right to do so, but the citizens walking over or through this public health hazard have no rights.”

Four homeless individuals who collectively had more than 50 pending citations and/or warrants appeared before The Honorable Clarence A. Pacarro.....

Amends the definition of provider agency for homelessness services to include nonprofits that accept funds without a contract. Requires annual reports of providers' effectiveness....

...will give homeless who commit perpetual misdemeanor crimes the option to go before a judge to choose either jail or rehabilitation/taking of their meds/getting off drugs, or getting job training....

The accumulation of excrement and hundreds of flies have now become a serious public health problem in the front yard of the Hawaii State Capitol....

Additionally, the shelters are proposing to double the number of people they place in permanent housing from approximately 3,000 to 6,200....

From April 1, 2010 through April 30, 2014, Ponce, also known as Mary Jane Dalumpinis, was overpaid $3,723.00 in food stamp benefits....

According to Deputy Attorney General Diane Tiara, the Hawaii Kai Homeless Map poses no legal or constitutional issues....

...Free Obamafones --but only for the homeless who actively refuse shelter....

Civil Disobedience Idea: Make a map of homeless camps in YOUR community....

...$50 million in federal funds to provide housing for 3,700 families....

Caldwell will be meeting with a Whos-Who of ultra-liberal West-Coast Mayors who get homelessness wrong every time....

Officials attended and spoke during the events, including Consul General Mr. Kandhi A. Elieisar and Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa....

Coordinated action is not what our government normally does....

Thursday, December 1st, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM....

...making the islands only one of 14 states and territories that saw their homeless numbers grow....

... 10,000 ‘rent-to-equity,’ truly affordable homes ....

Caldwell contemplates the City’s use of his $100 yearly property tax payment on his $4M Manoa mansion....

...Washington could find itself strategically outflanked....

... at a cost of $287,500 per unit ....

...propose installing a city-wide surveillance system....

...so E Oahu residents are against sweeps....

In the film, a woman was pregnant, homeless, and already caring for other children. However, I can’t remember any mention of a father....

...the project will expand by adding 6 modified shipping containers to accommodate up to 21 additional clients....

...Gabriel has been homeless in Vacaville for quite some time....

Everyone agrees that we need to do something about Hawaii’s homeless situation…and that’s part of the problem....

A family of six, a couple and one other person agreed to move out of the encampment and into a shelter....

Among the many problems our community faces with the rampant homeless crisis is the use of our ambulances by a minority in our community, as a personal taxi service....

...tonight at the State Capitol sleeping on the cement floor of the Rotunda....

...the Governor is opening the door to a major expansion of executive power in our state....

Ige today signed a sixth supplemental proclamation on homelessness, which will remain in effect until Oct. 19....

They don't care that many people cannot afford the high cost of living and live in their cars and on the streets.  But, we do....

There is currently no one on the waiting list, which will reopen on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016....

...why they’ve chosen to leave their home islands....

...Feds say in Hawaii the drop was only 3% not the 58% claimed by Caldwell....

"...there might be needles and other hazardous materials in here, so we don’t want people reaching in...."

...funding will be focused on the most visible and chronically homeless people in Hawai‘i....

...25% decrease in mentally unhealthy days....

“Here in Hawaii we don’t have trailer parks–they’re not legal.”

...Homeless growth on Maui and Oahu less than 1%....

...The facility has since served 173 individuals, 61 of which have successfully transitioned into stable housing situations....

Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii - Neil Mellen...