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Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 5:43 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The project marks the first time the $17 million Homeless Resource Center will be used for its intended purpose.
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Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 4:17 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
Officials say they hope to open the medical respite site early next month.
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Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 6:32 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Around-the-clock, in-patient medical services will be provided on the first floor.
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Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 6:27 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
“We have to cut through the red tape and build housing."
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Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 9:00 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The project would temporarily house homeless people Downtown.
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Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 4:36 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The Family Assessment Center was one of the only programs on the island that took in entire families.
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Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 7:05 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
This village will have a distinct difference from the ones on Oahu.
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Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 2:38 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The city admits it doesn’t know when the center will open.
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Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 5:53 PM HST
|By Lynn Kawano
Most of the people they encounter are grateful.
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Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 11:46 AM HST
|By HNN Staff
Homeless residents of a large encampment argue they were denied due process.
Current Radar
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:50 PM HST
|By Mark Carpenter
HPD says that on any given shift, especially in urban areas, 40-50% of calls can be homeless-related.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:09 PM HST
|By Mark Carpenter
Providers say helping the homeless goes far beyond offering shelter.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 4:31 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The reason? It appears a lot of it boils down to red tape and bureaucracy.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 6:17 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Three months later, the city still hasn’t found a property manager to rent the units.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 2:16 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The report found just under 4,000 people are homeless on Oahu.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 6:30 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
There are believed to more than 300 families, totaling more than 1,200 people, who are homeless on Oahu.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:48 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Advocates for the poor say additional resources were key to keeping people in their homes and off the streets.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 10:21 PM HST
|By Samie Solina
River of Life Mission has been in Chinatown for 35 years, but residents were concerned about the crowds they attracted.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2021 at 9:28 PM HST
|By Casey Lund
This is much more than a van stocked with supplies. For so many of houseless youth - it's a lifeline.
With beds at homeless shelters in high demand, IHS uses testing, vaccines in attempt to manage COVID
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 5:06 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
All guests must test negative for COVID within 48 hours of entering the shelter.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 5:34 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Forty-three of the farm’s 51 units are currently occupied. Residents are from across Oahu.
Updated: May. 13, 2021 at 5:52 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
So far, police have made no arrests in the case.
Updated: May. 11, 2021 at 6:26 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
With the new funding comes a unique opportunity to potentially get an upper hand on the state’s homeless crisis.
Updated: May. 10, 2021 at 5:28 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Each household is given a voucher that covers rent for 12 months.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 12:33 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The homes should be move-in ready in close to six weeks.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2021 at 3:48 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
It's enabling a cycle of catch and release for low-level crimes, experts say.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2021 at 10:24 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The initiative launched a little over a week ago and already more than 500 homeless people have been immunized.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 5:38 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Since June, Project Vision has provided close to 15,000 coronavirus tests for Hawaii’s homeless.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2021 at 5:17 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
People who work nearby say the building had been overrun with squatters for months.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 10:48 AM HST
|By Allyson Blair
It's a story of forgiveness and redemption that offers a lesson for all of us.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 at 5:19 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
It’s an effort to reduce the strain the homeless crisis has placed on Hawaii’s health care system.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2021 at 5:56 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
“He went over and just grabbed the guy. Like he just bear hugged him. Then I called the cops."
Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 at 5:57 AM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Some Hawaii non-profits are already noticing an uptick in the number of people participating in homeless programs.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2020 at 3:49 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Data obtained from the facility’s daily census shows that between Apr. 8 and Nov. 21, the facility was less than half full 90 percent of the time.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2020 at 3:31 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
“There have been a lot of tears shed over this project by a lot of people."
Updated: Nov. 19, 2020 at 4:49 AM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The program launched three months ago and is already playing a critical role in testing homeless individuals and preventing larger clusters.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 7:05 AM HST
|By Casey Lund
A nationwide operation started on Tuesday to accurately count people experiencing homelessness.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 4:09 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Hawaii News Now obtained an email in response to a community complaint written by the Department of Transportation’s Homeless Coordinator that said the agency’s been “forced to pause all clean-up operations."
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 5:26 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
But getting a bed at the Institute for Human Services men’s shelter likely won’t be as easy as it used to be.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 4:22 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
“We know there’s a lot of people that want to help. That want to do this kind of work. And those are the kind of people we’re looking for."
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 5:47 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
Opponents say it’s too close to homes and they worry about the safety of elderly residents.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:00 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
By the time the 41-year-old could turn to see what happened, his attacker was gone.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 5:42 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Unlike the previously proposed location at 65 Beretania St. in Chinatown, many businesses in the Kalihi neighborhood support the idea, saying the need is overwhelming.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 3:28 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The non-profit is in search of another place to put a homeless “triage center,” preferably in the same neighborhood.
Updated: May. 19, 2020 at 4:33 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
On the Leeward Coast, roughly 600 people live on the streets and in the bush.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 6:03 AM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Policy experts say the homeless crisis we’re dealing with today is in large part due to decisions that were made a little more than a decade ago during the Great Recession when lawmakers slashed funding to non-profits and decimated the state’s mental health system.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2020 at 5:03 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
To ensure everyone who needs a mask gets one, she needs to collect 11,000 more masks.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2020 at 4:15 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
To keep up with the need, the Institute for Human Services has teamed up with Bank of Hawaii for an island-wide donation drive.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2020 at 5:46 AM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Now every new client must have their temperature taken and their travel history reviewed before being allowed in.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2020 at 5:09 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
"I love it," said Tokita. It means a lot to me. I just want to give back to other people."