Honolulu

Honolulu’s Effort to Fast-Track Affordable Housing Projects Hasn’t Worked David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu’s Effort to Fast-Track Affordable Housing Projects Hasn’t Worked

Developers of much-needed affordable housing are supposed to get permits approved or denied within three months. It’s taking far longer.

Oʻahu Wants To Crack Down On Homeless Bus Riders Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Oʻahu Wants To Crack Down On Homeless Bus Riders

Proposed restrictions would discourage people from sheltering in public transit.

Honolulu City Council Votes To Shake Up Its Leadership Matthew Leonard/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu City Council Votes To Shake Up Its Leadership

New alliances are taking shape as Native Hawaiians occupy all three of the top positions.

Lawsuit Asks Court To Halt Haʻikū Stairs Demolition, Citing State Flip-Flop Courtesy: Friends of Haiku Stairs

Lawsuit Asks Court To Halt Haʻikū Stairs Demolition, Citing State Flip-Flop

The State Historic Preservation Division hasn’t adequately explained why it now supports the stairs’ removal, the suit says.

AG: Iwi Kūpuna Destroyed After State Halted North Shore Project Provided: State of Hawaiʻi/2025

AG: Iwi Kūpuna Destroyed After State Halted North Shore Project

Hawaiʻi is seeking a restraining order against the landowner and builder who were installing a septic system at a Ke Iki beach property where iwi kūpuna were damaged.

Fix It! Expired Contract Stalls Sidewalk Repairs At Villages of Kapolei  Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Fix It! Expired Contract Stalls Sidewalk Repairs At Villages of Kapolei 

A resident’s efforts to get answers about efforts to repair a buckled sidewalk and overgrown trees uncovered a lapsed maintenance contract.

It’s Your Money: City Attorney Delays Raise Price Tag In $3.25M Settlement Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

It’s Your Money: City Attorney Delays Raise Price Tag In $3.25M Settlement

Honolulu City Council approved a payout to the United Public Workers to resolve a dozen disputes over garbage collector pay. Delays by city officials added thousands in fees and fines.

Fix It! This Wooden Footbridge In Windward Oʻahu Is A Survivor Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2025

Fix It! This Wooden Footbridge In Windward Oʻahu Is A Survivor

It’s Groundhog Day in Windward Oʻahu, where a pedestrian bridge has been caught in a cycle of being destroyed, rebuilt and destroyed.

Honolulu Sewer Fees Increase Approved In Narrow City Council Vote David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu Sewer Fees Increase Approved In Narrow City Council Vote

The measure, which needs to be signed by Mayor Rick Blangiardi, raises rates at a slower pace than initially proposed. Councilman Augie Tulba said it’s still “a heavy lift for many families.”

Honolulu Mayor: With AI, Building Permit Office Will Speed Up By Year’s End Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu Mayor: With AI, Building Permit Office Will Speed Up By Year’s End

Applicants should start seeing a difference soon, the mayor says, thanks to new technology.