A neighborhood in Hawaii’s capital city has been plagued by a sprawling waterfront homeless shanty town that includes a makeshift houseboat used to avoid encampment sweeps. The two-story floating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hawaii is conducting its first point-in-time count since 2024, and volunteers are fanning out across the state to gauge the ...

A Hawaii County Council committee has voted to send to the full council a resolution requesting the county auditor conduct an audit of the Office of Housing and Community Development’s Homeless and ...

Nearly four years ago, the Hawaiʻi County Council tackled the local homeless population problem in a big way, earmarking the first funding of what would become $33 million. The results have been ...

The Hawaii County Council on Feb. 4 voted 8-0 to approve a resolution requesting the county auditor conduct a performance audit of the Office of Housing and Community Development’s Homeless and ...

Homeless women and children under age 18 would be able to live in their vehicles or in a communal tent on government-sanctioned land that would offer security, case management and bathroom and laundry ...