Homelessness

‘It’s Just Tiring’: 24 Hours Inside Hawai‘i’s Homeless Crisis
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
‘It’s Just Tiring’: 24 Hours Inside Hawai‘i’s Homeless Crisis

More than a dozen Civil Beat reporters and photographers set out to chronicle the reality of homelessness on Oʻahu on Jan. 26, the day of the homeless census. Here’s what they saw.

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