Homelessness

5,454 individuals (38%) were continuing clients from FY 2013....

The homeless are everywhere but a national report shows Hawaii is 6th lowest for child homelessness....

The meeting will be held at the Waipahu District Park in Waipahu on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7 p.m.....

...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....

...This is the third taxpayer-funded mailer Brower has sent out on the shopping cart issue and it is drawing a complaint....

The TRO prohibits Hawaii County from interfering with Plaintiff Justin Guy’s right to hold a sign (saying “Homeless Please Help”) by the side of the road....

...a detailed plan with practical solutions for our state’s toughest issues: Homelessness, Affordable Housing, and Education....

...Creating camping areas for homeless individuals ... is unworkable, is not advisable, and should not be pursued...

Case to be heard by Judge Mollway on Friday, 9/19/14, 9 a.m....

...the City Council is sending the message that the interests of panhandlers and substance abusers are more important than the concerns of the visitor industry and the 32,000 citizens who make their home in Waikiki....

California Senate Bill 593 would utilize private-sector ideas, and funds, to address problems such as homelessness and crime recidivism....

...Cabanilla wants Abercrombie to implement “Return to Home,” a pilot program signed into law in June 2013....

Expansion of the scope may leave a slightly wider opening for challenge....

...Tom Brower's use of state money to buy the sledgehammer that he used to smash the shopping carts of the homeless is a story that just won't die...

"...Brower abused the power of his position last year by using legislative office funds to purchase a sledgehammer which he subsequently used in raids to destroy shopping carts used by the homeless...."

...Today, at Kaka‘ako Makai Gateway Park, Duke Aiona released details of his pioneering plans to address the homeless crisis in Hawai‘i....

...two bills proposed by Honolulu's mayor to address some difficult urban issues....

Online applications will be accepted from 12:00 a.m. on May 15, 2014, through 11:59 p.m. on May 21, 2014....

In Honolulu, unofficial tent cities are now set up in strategic locations designed to pressure the tourism industry, the Chinatown community, the Korean community, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Honolulu Council debate over Housing First....

Residents identified homeless and/or homelessness as a priority for the City to address....

Topping off the irony, Rep Rhoads also introduced HB2577  which would ban indoor tobacco smoking in public housing....

Brower mentions “carts” ten times, and suggests his attacks were part of an effort to "create a better society."

In addition to repairing the cables, “no copper” and “fiber-optic cable” signs are being put in place to make it as clear as possible to potential thieves that there is nothing of value for them to steal....

... Hawaii Appleseed released a report entitled Reimagining Housing in Hawaii, detailing successful affordable housing models like microunits, ohana housing, modular housing, among others....

... 1,465 homeless unwilling to accept shelter in Honolulu ....

The total number of homeless clients served by the Shelter and Outreach Programs has dropped for the third consecutive year....

...over the past three fiscal years, the program has paid out $28 million more in handling fees than it has collected in container fees....

Approximately half of mass shootings are caused by individuals with untreated severe mental illness....

...more than 80 percent of participants transition from homelessness to housing within three to four months....

Hawaii is full-fledged Democrat and leftist, Democrat and worse.  And they're tired of 'em....

...some jurisdictions did not accurately define compact migrants, account for federal funding that supplemented local expenditures, or include revenue received from compact migrants....

To pressure political decision-makers for more resources, SHARE has hosted mandatory camp-outs on council members’ lawns, at the mayor’s home and at the King County Administration Building....

Will LA vs Lavan have a direct impact on Honolulu's "stored property" ordinance?

The basic strategy, called Housing First, comes from a Harlem-based group, Pathways to Housing....

Each enforcement action costs the city about 15 thousand dollars.  Bill 7 will cut that expense in half ....

...what is the real track record of Seattle’s “four successful homeless camps”?  Hawai’i Free Press found some answers and they aren’t pretty.... 

"HUD evictees will be made into instant criminals...."

The Hawaii section of the petition points out a federal lawsuit filed in December 2012 alleging that the City and County of Honolulu violated the due process rights of "De-Occupy Honolulu"....

"...300 of the families receiving assistance will be affected...."

As part of the campaign, DCCA has launched www.HFIC.Hawaii.gov....

HIC is to conduct a study on designating safe facilities located at camping areas ....