Homelessness

...parks were selected for this pilot project as many are in close proximity to another park, providing for a good test comparison of effectiveness....

...highlights include funding for...Ohana Zones....

... by closing down every homeless shelter in the state on July 1, 2018 ....

...but Harry Kim wants Ige to give an emergency proclamation and $25K to open another one....

...The squatters were allowed to pack up personal possessions and valuables. What remained, including tents and other camping gear, was collected and loaded into trucks....

...View Details of all Hawaii Goals, Targets, & Indicators....

...The results from this year’s NCS ....

...44% of homeless youth are from the Mainland...48% first became homeless with their homeless parents....

...Live at the Legislature with Rep. Gene Ward....

...Medicare covers a wide variety of such services, in both hospital inpatient and outpatient settings....

...Hanabusa said social services (lots of meth) could be offered at designated homeless camping areas (if they have enough copper to trade)….

...How Tickets Forced 16 Homeless to accept Housing....

...Honolulu is #1 for Homelessness, Pearl City is the 2nd-least needy city in USA....

...government’s real job is to out of the way, not create more costly programs that don’t work....

...Hawaii still leads nation in homeless count per capita....

...Each time a team of officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) flies into the Kalalau section of the Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park, they find fewer illegal camps and write fewer arrest citations....

...Flashback: Audit Bashes Honolulu’s Rent Subsidy Program For Not Collecting Debts....

...Since the pilot program enforcement efforts began in July, more than 80 people have entered shelters or transitioned to housing....

...veterans in many cities continue to suffer from long delays in mental-health treatment despite a $10 billion effort to expand veterans’ access to such care....

...Following the success of a program that helps landlords to get paid and keep tenants from being evicted on Oahu and in Maui County, Steps to Avoid Eviction is now available on Kauai....

...Ige acknowledged that people must choose to accept services and shelter....

...There likely are plenty of groups around Hawaii that would be willing to manage Kakaako Waterfront Park instead of the state. Why not give them a try?....

...Working towards achieving a shared goal of functional zero by December 2018, which means that every family in Hawai‘i that becomes homeless can be placed into housing within 30 days....

...Audit of Housing First, Community Assistance Program, and Hale Mauliola Homeless Programs....

...US Vets provided transportation to its Waianae Civic Center shelter....

...2017’s States with the Most Underprivileged Children....

...Nine people, including three couples and three single adults left their encampments along the H-1 corridor and Nimitz Highway and were placed into shelter at Next Step and to permanent housing....

...“I Need my Own Place to get Better”: Patient Perspectives on the Role of Housing in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations....

...Section 8 does not have a formal fraud program although, as of FY 2016, the program's delinquent accounts receivables totaled approximately $1.5 million....

...Illustrates Trashing of Wilderness Park by Illegal Campers & Squatters....

...2017’s States with the Most At-Risk Youth....

...A three day operation last week resulted in additional arrests and the dismantling of large, illegal camps in Kalalau Valley....

Clients were 64% less likely to visit the emergency room and 74% less likely to be admitted to a hospital....

Housing First Increment III will provide permanent supportive housing to 100 households experiencing chronic homelessness at a cost of $2.2 million....

...The irony that the biggest discrepancy of rich and poor I've ever seen - existing side by side before my own eyes - is located in a Democratic Party fiefdom did not escape my notice....

“passage of Bill 20 may result in a challenge to the legitimacy of the Sit-Lie laws, which are clearly intended to maintain pedestrian access over sidewalks in business and commercial areas and which have been extremely effective in the areas in which they have been enforced.”

...During law enforcement efforts over the past two years more than 200 people have been arrested....

“If there’s any silver lining to what law breakers are posting on social media, is that it’s caused significant public outrage."

Hawai‘i County saw the largest decrease at 32 percent, Maui County saw a 22 percent decline and Kaua‘i County a seven percent drop compared to 2016. O‘ahu saw a half percent increase in homeless ....

...Shut up or we’ll make you pay for rail too....

The maximum income for applicants is 50 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI), with rents ranging from $880 to $1,306 per month....

Question: How can we increase homelessness 100-fold?  

Answer: Make housing a right.

Seven People Cited So Far During Cleanup & Enforcement Operation....

"Currently, there are no laws on the books that allow for the involuntarily commitment of individuals who are mentally ill or drug addicted or alcoholic...."

"A person can be lying in their feces in a public stairwell and have an absolute constitutional right to do so, but the citizens walking over or through this public health hazard have no rights.”

Four homeless individuals who collectively had more than 50 pending citations and/or warrants appeared before The Honorable Clarence A. Pacarro.....

Amends the definition of provider agency for homelessness services to include nonprofits that accept funds without a contract. Requires annual reports of providers' effectiveness....

...will give homeless who commit perpetual misdemeanor crimes the option to go before a judge to choose either jail or rehabilitation/taking of their meds/getting off drugs, or getting job training....

The accumulation of excrement and hundreds of flies have now become a serious public health problem in the front yard of the Hawaii State Capitol....

Additionally, the shelters are proposing to double the number of people they place in permanent housing from approximately 3,000 to 6,200....