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Friday, May 16, 2025 |
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Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
By Court House News @ 5:46 AM :: 1265 Views :: Maui County, Development, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... a case challenging Governor Josh Green's use of emergency powers to address the state's affordable housing crisis ....
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025 |
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‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 2858 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Homelessness
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... Was John Mizuno lobbying for a gaming bill while on state time as director of the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions? ....
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Friday, April 18, 2025 |
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Mayor Calls for Lawyers to Step Up--Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 960 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... Local experts estimate that 300 – 400 individuals could benefit from ACT on Oʻahu ....
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Thursday, April 3, 2025 |
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Senate advances program to return homeless to mainland
By Court House News @ 4:52 PM :: 769 Views :: Homelessness
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... It has reportedly helped over 130 homeless individuals return to their mainland homes since 2023 ....
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Saturday, March 1, 2025 |
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Shelter for Mentally Ill Homeless at Center of Iwilei TOD Plan
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 1169 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Homelessness, Rail
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... especially for homeless individuals with a history of mental health, memory or brain injury challenges ....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
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2024 Homeless Report showed many underutilized housing programs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 AM :: 1009 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... 82% utilization rate among the 139 emergency, transitional and permanent housing programs on Hawaii ....
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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18th Homeless Kauhale Opens in Waianae
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 929 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... This initiative aims to support up to 19 individuals in their transition from houselessness to healthy independence. There will be 14 emergency beds for males and five for females, specifically designed for short-term stays ....
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 |
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'Ohana Health Plan Launches Residential Program for Homeless Psych Treatment
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 929 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Homelessness, Drugs
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"... 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 ...."
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Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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New AG Website: Help Getting the Insane Committed
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 1330 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs
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... Webpage is Designed to Help Practitioners and Loved Ones with Assisted Community Treatment Legal Process ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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BLNR Retroactively Approves Waimanalo Homeless Shelter
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 1064 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... A community homeless shelter known as Hui Mahi‘ai ‘Āina has been operating at the site since 2020 without BLNR approval ....
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Monday, July 15, 2024 |
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Mental Illness: Hawaii has Lowest Rate of Involuntary Commitment in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 2032 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Homelessness
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... Mental illness is a central driver of the homelessness crisis ....
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Monday, July 8, 2024 |
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City, ACLU Settle Homeless Lawsuit
By News Release @ 6:20 PM :: 1578 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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“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."
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Saturday, July 6, 2024 |
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Former Tokai University Building Becomes Homeless 'Kauhale'
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 1727 Views :: Higher Education, Homelessness
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... Former college in Waikiki will soon house 120 homeless families as part of city program ....
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Friday, June 28, 2024 |
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Homeless people can be fined for sleeping outside, Supreme Court rules
By Court House News @ 5:21 PM :: 1367 Views :: Homelessness
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...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....
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Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
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PIT Count Claims 14% Drop in Sister Isle Homeless
By News Release @ 4:20 PM :: 1415 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... 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 ....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 |
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How DHS Policy Change Drives Homeless Count UP, UP, UP
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 2765 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... 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 ....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 |
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DOBOR Clears Bums and Junk Cars from Kahului Harbor
By News Release @ 9:12 PM :: 3274 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... Social service providers have made numerous visits to the camps at Kahului, attempting to place people into transitionary or permanent housing. However, most decline ....
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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Green Signs SB582: $385M for Maui Relief -- mostly for 'FEMA Ineligible Persons'
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 2205 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... $297 million has been designated to aid non-FEMA eligible families ....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |
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Green: 450 units to be built for 'FEMA Ineligible' Lahaina Survivors
By News Release @ 6:03 PM :: 2065 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... 'Not eligible' = Illegals and homeless. Mixing them together is unfair to the illegals ....
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Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
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City’s DMV employees gearing up for LGBTQ+ sensitivity training
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 1794 Views :: Homelessness, Law Enforcement
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... 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 ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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City Closing Ulehawa Beach Park to Clean Tons of Homeless Tent City Garbage
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 1925 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... beaches along the Waianae Coast have been taken over by a 20-mile-long homeless camp. This is just one mile ....
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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HONU Housing Less Than One Homeless Per Day
By News Release @ 4:50 AM :: 2467 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... for the past 153 days HONU connected 119 clients with shelter or supportive housing ....
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Monday, February 12, 2024 |
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Kaheohe 'comprehensive' homeless solution houses only 34 people
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 2006 Views :: Homelessness
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... This kauhale will provide housing for approximately 34 people at a time, including 24-7 security, intake/management staff, and peer support ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge on homelessness ordinance ban
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 1718 Views :: Homelessness
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... The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a landmark challenge to an earlier ruling preventing enforcement of anti-camping ordinances ....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023 |
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Mizuno Quits House to Become Homeless Czar
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 2566 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Homelessness, Politicians
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... 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 ....
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Saturday, December 9, 2023 |
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Bums Invade Army Base, MPs Respond
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 2557 Views :: Homelessness, Military
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... forces to clear waste and debris from a sizable homeless encampment in Kīpapa Gulch, along Kamehameha Highway....
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023 |
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DLNR: Demolition of Uncle Billy's Hotel Begins Today
By News Release @ 12:26 PM :: 1953 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism
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... For the last few years, drug addicts had been living in the dilapidated structure ....
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023 |
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DLNR Implementing 'Civil Resource Violation System'
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 3040 Views :: Environment, Homelessness, Law Enforcement
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... Hawai‘i is the third state to implement a CRVS, after Vermont and Oregon ....
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Sunday, October 1, 2023 |
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New Shelter Built to Keep Lahaina Homeless out of Burn Zone
By News Release @ 6:29 PM :: 2417 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... multiple military-grade tents, that can house a total of approximately 150 people ....
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Thursday, September 28, 2023 |
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Blangiardi statement in opposition to ACLU Lawsuit
By News Release @ 6:29 AM :: 2818 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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"... we cannot ignore the tremendous and ongoing burden being borne by communities who are dealing with those who refuse help ...."
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Monday, September 25, 2023 |
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Hawaii Ranks 4th for Homeless per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 7:37 PM :: 4571 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... must be an undercount ....
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Monday, September 18, 2023 |
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Green Orders 24-Hour Bum Patrol at Uncle Billy's Hotel
By News Release @ 9:12 PM :: 2919 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Drugs
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... 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 ....
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Tuesday, August 22, 2023 |
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HHFDC: 900 Housing Options for Fire Victims
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 2432 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... HHFDC housing referral program ends first week with 900-plus dwelling options for displaced Maui residents; Governor Green urges more property owners to participate ....
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Saturday, August 5, 2023 |
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Fence to keep Homeless Drug Addicts and Criminals out of Uncle Billy's
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 3385 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Tourism
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... 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. ...
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
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Queens Hospital Bum Flop Stays Full
By News Release @ 1:38 PM :: 3410 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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... 15 patients come off the homeless merry go round for a while ....
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Thursday, July 27, 2023 |
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ACLU Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 3419 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... 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 ....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
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Green Emergency Order: Sweep Homeless Drug Addicts out of Uncle Billy's and Demolish Hotel
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 3692 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Tourism, Drugs
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... 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 ....
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023 |
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Green Signs Emergency Proclamation on Housing
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 3330 Views :: Development, Homelessness, Land Use
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...“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....
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Monday, July 17, 2023 |
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After Ulehawa Beach Murder, Waianae Reps Demand Immediate Homeless Sweep
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 2815 Views :: Homelessness
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"...It is crucial for the well-being and security of Leeward Coast residents that this area remains cleared and safe...."
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Homeless Medical Respite Fills up in One Month
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 2590 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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... 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 ....
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Thursday, June 22, 2023 |
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Green Pours Millions into Housing
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 3078 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... "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. ....
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Monday, June 12, 2023 |
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Homeless Shut Down Diamond Head State Park
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 3473 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism
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... DLNR removed a water hose being used to siphon water into an encampment of meth addicts on the lower slopes of Diamond Head ....
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Saturday, May 27, 2023 |
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Green Opens First Homeless 'Kauhale'
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 3748 Views :: Homelessness
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... 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 ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
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Oahu Homeless PIT Count--59% Unsheltered
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 3066 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... 4,028 people experiencing homelessness on O‘ahu on the night of January 22, 2023 ....
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Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
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‘Drag Mother and Daughter Duo’ to Star at Aala Park Drag Queen Story Hour for Homeless Children
By News Release @ 9:59 PM :: 4461 Views :: Family, Homelessness
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... drag queens may experience difficulty when reaching out to vulnerable children in the projects ....
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023 |
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Point-in-Time 2023: Homelessness Up Sharply in Hawaii, Kauai Counties
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 4276 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... 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 ....
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