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Victoria Budiono

Victoria Budiono studies journalism and psychology at the University of Hawaii Manoa. She was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia and covers homelessness.
Hāpai ʻIa Nā Home Liʻiliʻi No Nā ʻĀina DHHL Ma Oʻahu Komohana Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hāpai ʻIa Nā Home Liʻiliʻi No Nā ʻĀina DHHL Ma Oʻahu Komohana

Eia na'e, ke hāpai 'ia nei nā papahana 'oko'a e nā luna o nā kōmike kuleana Hawai'i maka 'Aha Kenekoa a me ka 'Aha Lunamaka'āinana no ka hā'awi 'ana aku i nā koho noho hale i nā mea i ho'okahu 'ia ma lalo o DHHL.

A New Program Aims To Help Hawaii’s Older Adults Keep Their Homes Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

A New Program Aims To Help Hawaii’s Older Adults Keep Their Homes

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would extend rental assistance to people who are at least 62.

Tiny Homes Proposed For DHHL Lands In West Oahu Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Tiny Homes Proposed For DHHL Lands In West Oahu

However, the chairs of the Senate and House Hawaiian affairs committees are proposing two different approaches to providing housing options to certain DHHL beneficiaries.

Free Menstrual Products Proposed For State Buildings Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Free Menstrual Products Proposed For State Buildings

Senate Bill 891 needs to clear a hearing in the Senate Ways and Means Committee by Friday to advance.

Hawaii Would Pay To Fly Homeless People Back Home Under New Bill Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Would Pay To Fly Homeless People Back Home Under New Bill

Rep. John Mizuno wants to create a public-private partnership to help fund the program.

Hawaii Lawmakers Consider High Taxes For E-Cigs Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Hawaii Lawmakers Consider High Taxes For E-Cigs

The vaping industry worries that 70% tax hikes could kill businesses.