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Hawaii County Closes Its ‘Safe Zone’ Homeless Experiment
For seven months Kailua-Kona’s 1-acre government sanctioned homeless encampment sheltered about 25 people.
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Oahu’s First Trailer Park Just The Latest In New Wave Of Public Housing
Since Gov. David Ige’s emergency proclamations loosened up regulations, some new-look subsidized housing is taking shape.
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Community Vents Frustration Over State’s Mixed Signals On Waianae Camp
At a special neighborhood board meeting Thursday, supporters of a homeless encampment asked for a long-term plan.
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Ige: State Looking For Land To Relocate Waianae Encampment
The governor contradicts state officials who last week announced an imminent sweep and a possible federal grant to build an education center.
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Homeless Leaders Say Waianae Sweep Called Off For Now
Leaders of the Waianae Boat Harbor encampment say the governor assured them there’s no impending eviction.
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Let’s Not Move So Fast On Waianae Camp Sweep
Hawaii’s leaders should do all they can to relocate the homeless ohana intact. They have earned our support.
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This Honolulu Architect Designs Low-Cost Housing, Often For Free
Russell Wozniak has become a leader of Oahu’s efforts to develop innovative solutions to the low-income housing shortage.
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Homeless People Offered Trailer With Showers, Toilets
The city of Honolulu is now working to match the Project Vision Hawaii trailer with one of its own.
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Tax Dollars May Get Tapped To Fly Homeless Out Of Hawaii
Privately financed relocation programs have already flown hundreds back to the mainland. Now there’s a move afoot to spend public money as well.
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Chad Blair: A Kids Museum Struggles Amidst Homeless Squalor
But Loretta Yajima of the Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center in Kakaako will not be deterred from fulfilling its mission.