Homelessness

Honolulu’s Crackdown Traps Homeless In Loop Of Citations Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu’s Crackdown Traps Homeless In Loop Of Citations

Ticketing of Honolulu’s homeless population ballooned after the mayor pledged to get 1,000 people off the street in a year, but the effort tends to involve familiar faces.

Back To The Streets Of Honolulu: One Woman’s Cycle Of Homelessness Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Back To The Streets Of Honolulu: One Woman’s Cycle Of Homelessness

A Big Island woman found professional help but a permanent housing solution remains elusive.

Maui Balances Compassion With Fire Safety In Homeless Encampment Sweeps

Maui Balances Compassion With Fire Safety In Homeless Encampment Sweeps

County leaders say they are prioritizing the community as a whole but critics feel it’s scapegoating.

Hawaiʻi Law Is Diverting Mentally Ill From Jail — But Not Getting Them Help Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Law Is Diverting Mentally Ill From Jail — But Not Getting Them Help

The goal was to get help faster to non-violent offenders with mental illness. Instead, they are showing up again and again at the state hospital.

Has City Homeless Services Program Lost Its Way? Audit Will Check Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Has City Homeless Services Program Lost Its Way? Audit Will Check

The program has strayed from its emphasis on social work, according to people who value the program but call it ineffective.

Maui Weighs Kinder Approach To Homelessness Amid Encampment Crackdowns Leo Azambuja/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Weighs Kinder Approach To Homelessness Amid Encampment Crackdowns

Some council members want to set a clear legal policy for the administration to follow.

Struggling And Lost On Oʻahu’s Streets, Woman Says Yes To Help Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Struggling And Lost On Oʻahu’s Streets, Woman Says Yes To Help

A psychiatrist set out to find a 33-year-old Hilo woman who battles homelessness and addiction after a failed medical intervention.

Hilo Family Fights To Bring A Missing Woman Home From Oʻahu’s Streets Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hilo Family Fights To Bring A Missing Woman Home From Oʻahu’s Streets

A 33-year-old woman with mental struggles disappeared after she was medevaced from Hilo to The Queen’s Medical Center. Then she ended up on the unfamiliar streets of Honolulu.

His Life In Lahaina Descended Into Homelessness, Then Death In Fire Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

His Life In Lahaina Descended Into Homelessness, Then Death In Fire

Drawn to Maui to surf decades ago, Rex Cole was among four homeless men who went missing during the devastating 2023 fire.

Photo Essay: RYSE Lifts Up Youth Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Photo Essay: RYSE Lifts Up Youth

Residential Youth Services & Empowerment helps homeless youth get off the streets with a place to stay, programs and assistance to finish school or earn their GED.