HI-Priced Q&A: How This 23-Year-Old Saves For Retirement On $36,000 A Year
Family Is The Safety Net For Many Young Adults On Pricey Oahu
10 Charts That Show The Struggle Of Being A Millennial In Hawaii
Monday, February 4HI-Priced Q&A: Working Full-Time, Part-Time And Freelancing — All For $45K Per Year
HI-Priced Q&A: Commuting, Paying For Preschool And Digging Out Of Debt
Monday, January 7Veggies Really Are Cheaper In Chinatown — If You Know How To Shop
How Having A Baby Changed This Couple’s View On Cost Of Living
Thursday, December 6Commuting Oahu: ‘It Takes Your Time And It Gives You Back Stress’
Monday, December 3How A Couple From Iowa Makes Ends Meet In Ewa Beach
Looking To Singapore For Answers To Honolulu’s Housing Crisis
Thursday, November 15We’re Exploring Hawaii’s ‘Unofficial Tax’
10 Family Members, 4 Bedrooms And ‘A Dream To Have Your Own Place’
Living Hawaii: The Pipe Dream Of Teaching In Paradise Goes Global
Monday, April 25Living Hawaii: Why Our Salaries Aren’t Rising Faster
Wednesday, April 13Living Hawaii: Do We Need A $15 Minimum Wage?
Living Hawaii: In The Islands, Does ‘Middle Class’ Mean Poor?
Monday, March 21Living Hawaii: Our Surprising Property Tax Poison
Wednesday, March 16Living Hawaii: How Much Are You Saving On Gas and Electricity?
Living Hawaii: Can You Afford To Be A Teacher In The Islands?
Living Hawaii: What Is Sapping The Energy Of Our Farmers?
Monday, January 11Living Hawaii: New Studies Show The Price Of Paradise Is Still Defeating Us
Living Hawaii: Did Houston Have A Solution?
Friday, December 18Living Hawaii: Is Cheap Oil NextEra’s Enemy?
Living Hawaii: Kauai’s Search For Cheaper Electricity
Friday, November 20Living Hawaii: Two-Thirds Of An Electricity Price Revolution?
Tuesday, November 17Living Hawaii: Rooftop Solar Boosts Home Values
Friday, November 13Living Hawaii: It’s The Land That Really Drives Up Honolulu’s Home Prices
Monday, November 9Living Hawaii: So You Say You Want To End The Housing Crisis?
Monday, November 2Living Hawaii: Gov David Ige Talks About The State’s Energy Future
Living Hawaii: Henk Rogers And His Quest For Energy Independence
Monday, October 26Living Hawaii: Why Is Hawaiian Electric Ready To Cash Out?
Monday, October 19Living Hawaii: Does Hawaiian Electric Need to Be More Like Uber?
Monday, October 12Living Hawaii: Can We End Our Oil Addiction With the Help of Electric Cars, Buses and Rail?
Monday, October 5Living Hawaii: HECO President Says Cheap Electricity Is a Pipe Dream in Hawaii
Living Hawaii: Survey Finds Honolulu One of the World’s Costliest Cities
Thursday, September 17Living Hawaii: Electric Rebellion
Thursday, September 10Living Hawaii: Why We Need a Low-Cost Road to Renewable Energy
Tuesday, September 8Living Hawaii: NextEra ‘Chaos’ Is About Crafting a Better Deal for Hawaii Consumers
Living Hawaii: How Cheaper Energy Could Change Our Lives
Friday, August 28Living Hawaii: Honolulu Is the Nation’s Most Expensive City for Singles
Tuesday, August 18Living Hawaii: Can We Un-corner Markets in Our Over-Priced State?
Tuesday, August 11Living Hawaii: Why Are Honolulu Rents Getting More Expensive?
Friday, August 7Living Hawaii: Elevating the Discussion About Tiny Homes and Housing
Living Hawaii: Many Residents Are Leaving High-Priced Honolulu
Monday, July 6Living Hawaii: The Nation’s Worst Place to Earn a Living
Living Hawaii: Bridging the Space Between Islands Could Lower Costs
Wednesday, June 17Living Hawaii: How Military Policies Drive Up Rents on Oahu
Tuesday, June 9Living Hawaii: Boost Property Taxes on Out-of-State Owners to Ease Housing Costs
Thursday, June 4Living Hawaii: How Island Appeal Adds to the Nation’s Highest Rents
Living Hawaii: Where Life Isn’t as Expensive for Military Veterans
Tuesday, May 19Living Hawaii: Our Retirement Boom May Cost Us Dearly
Tuesday, May 12Living Hawaii: Some Reasons Not to Start a Career in Honolulu
Friday, May 8Living Hawaii: You Are Not Alone — The Toll of the Price of Paradise
Monday, May 4Living Hawaii: The Jones Act, the Cost of Living and the Search for the Truth
Living Hawaii: The Jones Act Pays Off — in Politics
Friday, April 24Living Hawaii: Know the Price Tag of Retirement in the Islands
Thursday, April 23Living Hawaii: We’re Rolling Out Your Stories on the High Price of Paradise
Thursday, April 16Living Hawaii: Before Rail and GMOs, There Was the Jones Act
Monday, April 6Living Hawaii: How Much Does Shipping Increase the Cost of Living?
Living Hawaii: Could More Overtime Pay Help Our High Cost of Living?
Wednesday, March 18Living Hawaii: Can Millennial Generation Help Bring Down Price of Paradise?
Friday, March 13Honolulu Salaries Plummet When the Cost of Living Is Factored In
Monday, March 9Living Hawaii: Can We Overcome the Problem of Low Salaries?
Monday, March 2Living Hawaii: How Come Our Electric Bills Are Still So High?
Living Hawaii: Warning Signs — Many People Can Earn More Elsewhere
Monday, February 23Living Hawaii: How Do You Pay the Price of Paradise?
Friday, February 13Living Hawaii: Is There Finally Some Hope on the Housing Front?
Wednesday, February 11Living Hawaii: The American Dream Is Broken for the Middle Class
Thursday, February 5Living Hawaii: Middle-Class Millionaires
Living Hawaii: Who Can Afford to Retire in the Islands?
Monday, January 26Living Hawaii: Why the Islands Need Mobile Homes — and Don’t Have Them
Wednesday, January 21Living Hawaii: Why Aren’t Renters Getting More Tax Relief?
Monday, January 12Living Hawaii: Where Real Estate Is King
Living Hawaii: Going Mobile — Could Life on the Road Help Reduce the Price of Paradise?
Monday, December 15Living Hawaii: The Little Solution to the Big Housing Crisis
Wednesday, December 3Living Hawaii: One Remedy for Out-of-Control Rents
Living Hawaii: Where the Rent Is Too Damn High
Monday, November 17Living Hawaii: You Might Be Surprised at Who Else Is Snagged by High Costs
Tuesday, November 4Living Hawaii: One Big Reason We Spend So Much?
Living Hawaii: Where Are You, Trader Joe’s?
Friday, October 17Living Hawaii: Is the Price of Paradise Getting You Down?
Monday, October 6Living Hawaii: How Much Money Do You Need to Be Happy in the Islands?
Living Hawaii: Houston, We’ve Got a Problem
Thursday, September 25Living Hawaii: Crowdsourcing the Cost of Paradise
Tuesday, September 16Does Hawaii Soak the Poor and Middle Classes?
Living Hawaii: Babies — First the Good News
Living Hawaii: Where Child Care Can Cost More Than College
Living Hawaii: Many Families Sacrifice to Put Kids in Private Schools
Living Hawaii: Could Removing State Taxes on Food Make it Cheaper?
Tuesday, January 7Living Hawaii: Priced Out of Paradise — Where $600K Is a Bargain Home
Living Hawaii: Big Island Beer Can Cost More Here Than in Manhattan
Thursday, October 3Living Hawaii: Where Milk Can Cost as Much as Wine
Living Hawaii: 20 Years Later We’re Still Talking About ‘Price of Paradise’
Wednesday, September 4
“Even if you save $5 a month, you’re closer than you were last month.”
Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat
Kristina Ballina wants to move out of her parents’ Honolulu home but at age 28, she doesn’t think she can afford to.
Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat
Adults aged 25 to 34 are facing higher college tuition, higher rents and bigger housing prices than previous generations.
“I’m 31 years old and people think I shouldn’t be getting help from my parents, but I think that’s a reality that a lot of my generation is facing.”
“If we sold our house and got rid of all our debt and then tried to start afresh, we wouldn’t come back to Hawaii. There would be no way to come back.”
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
The secret to bargain prices: An alternative network of local suppliers, low overhead, selling out daily and less fussiness about the perfect-shaped fruit or vegetable.
“This is the community that shaped me, that taught me the values that guide my life day to day. I want that for my child.”
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Some of us live closer to our jobs than ever. But it’s taking longer to get there. And the cost in lost time, dollars and home life is heavy.
In HI-Priced, a new email newsletter that’s part of our ongoing “Living Hawaii” series, we’re asking local people how they make ends meet in the Aloha State.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
A state senator, inspired by the island nation’s program, wants to build massive amounts of public housing that residents could purchase.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Civil Beat is deepening its coverage of Hawaii’s cost-of-living crisis — and inviting readers to join a civic conversation about what it takes to get by in the islands.
In HI-Priced, a new email newsletter that’s part of our ongoing “Living Hawaii” series, we’re asking local people how they make ends meet in the Aloha State.
“I’m 31 years old and people think I shouldn’t be getting help from my parents, but I think that’s a reality that a lot of my generation is facing.”
“If we sold our house and got rid of all our debt and then tried to start afresh, we wouldn’t come back to Hawaii. There would be no way to come back.”
In HI-Priced, a new email newsletter that’s part of our ongoing “Living Hawaii” series, we’re asking local people how they make ends meet in the Aloha State.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
A state senator, inspired by the island nation’s program, wants to build massive amounts of public housing that residents could purchase.
Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat
Living with multiple generations is a way of life in Hawaii that Jowenna Ellazar embraces. But like many others, she has few options in a city where the median home price hovers around $800,000.
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D.R. Horton's Schuler Division
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Sharply increasing the property tax that applies to some non-occupant homeowners could help bring down the cost of living, especially on Oahu. Here's why.
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When it comes to rents and real estate, the state’s middle class can’t compete with the endless pool of people who want to move here.
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The secret to bargain prices: An alternative network of local suppliers, low overhead, selling out daily and less fussiness about the perfect-shaped fruit or vegetable.
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“This is the community that shaped me, that taught me the values that guide my life day to day. I want that for my child.”
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Some of us live closer to our jobs than ever. But it’s taking longer to get there. And the cost in lost time, dollars and home life is heavy.
PF Bentley/Civil Beat
Could economic disruption reach some of Hawaii's most prominent companies and lower our cost of living in the islands?
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Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
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“Even if you save $5 a month, you’re closer than you were last month.”
Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat
Kristina Ballina wants to move out of her parents’ Honolulu home but at age 28, she doesn’t think she can afford to.
Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat
Adults aged 25 to 34 are facing higher college tuition, higher rents and bigger housing prices than previous generations.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Civil Beat is deepening its coverage of Hawaii’s cost-of-living crisis — and inviting readers to join a civic conversation about what it takes to get by in the islands.
In HI-Priced, a new email newsletter that’s part of our ongoing “Living Hawaii” series, we’re asking local people how they make ends meet in the Aloha State.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Can America’s most expensive state afford to pay a livable wage? More to the point, can it afford not to?
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An Inmate Riot In An Overcrowded Jail Shows Legislators Should Not Bail On Bail Reform