The state experienced an 87% increase from 2023 to 2024, compared to an 18% increase nationally.

Attorneys for former deputy Gregory Bergman suggested he acted in self defense. The family of Delmar Espejo, who was homeless and disabled, said that was impossible.

Eight long-term tenants highlighted in a Civil Beat story, whose rental subsidies were to end Nov. 1, will not be displaced.

A Hawaii Supreme Court ruling against the county prompted a bill to establish procedures for property removal and a right to shelter.

Homeless activist Twinkle Borge, who died in August, is being showered with public honors this week. She’d like it better if we would take meaningful action to address the struggles of our neighbors.

Rick Blangiardi said he’ll take 1,000 people off the streets within a year, and that he’s not worried about legal challenges.

The 54-year-old had dedicated much of her life to creating a home for the homeless in Waianae and was one of the inspirations for the kauhale or tiny home movement in Hawaii.

The action comes less than two weeks after a consequential U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave local governments more leeway to ban sleeping outside.

Numerous other bills have been signed into law by Gov. Josh Green in the last few days. And Green and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi updated reporters on a housing project.

The ruling gets rid of a key constitutional protection that homelessness advocates had been using to contest municipal laws they said were too harsh on homeless people.