Hawaii County has 536, while Maui has 463 and Kauai has 175 homeless adults. Put another way, for every 10,000 people on Oahu, 49 are homeless. Of the neighbor islands, ...

After eight years as a pilot project, Oahu’s Community Outreach Court became permanent on Thursday after helping 703 homeless ...

Kauai plans to open its first shelter to cope with the rapid growth of the island’s homeless population. The Lihue facility will have up to 19 beds for emergency shelter and 20 more beds for ...

A new homeless initiative in Hawaii is raising some eyebrows, and the department in charge of implementing it has concerns of its own. As part of a larger housing bill in July, the state ...

KALIHI VALLEY, Hawaii (KHON2) — John Mizuno was appointed as the state’s homelessness coordinator in January 2024 and said he has gotten over 100 homeless individuals to go back to their ...

The Hawaii Lodging &Tourism Association, working with its partner organizations, has paid for half of the airfares to send 744 homeless people from the mainland back to friends and family between ...

Hawaii Island’s homeless population now stands at more than 1,000 people — up nearly 50% in the past five years. News ‘Focus on healing’: ...

Homeless people displaying mental health issues could be taken off the street against their will and brought in for assessment at a 3-month-old behavioral center in Iwilei if a new bill becomes law.

W AIMANALO, Hawaii (KHON2) — Officials continue to conduct homeless sweeps at public parks but it is not clear if the enforcement is putting a dent in the problem or pushing it down the road.

Nov. 21—A new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by AARP has estimated that Hawaii has 5, 116 homeless adults—about one-third of whom are kupuna 55 years or older. A new analysis of U.S ...