Economic Inequality

Oʻahu Public Housing Tenants Promised Relocation Help Hit Dead-Ends Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Oʻahu Public Housing Tenants Promised Relocation Help Hit Dead-Ends

Boarded-up apartments. Wrong numbers. Homes already occupied or far from jobs, doctors and schools. Kūhiō Park Terrace residents in Phase 1 of the teardown are angry and bewildered as the Hawaiʻi Public Housing Authority moves to relocate them.

Data Dive: Consumers Sacrifice To Pay Hawaiʻi’s Record Electric Bills Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Data Dive: Consumers Sacrifice To Pay Hawaiʻi’s Record Electric Bills

Report: A third of the state’s residents cut back to have enough for electric bill.

Immigration Crackdown Begins In Hawaiʻi As Advocates, Lawmakers Push Back David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Immigration Crackdown Begins In Hawaiʻi As Advocates, Lawmakers Push Back

Legislation to protect the undocumented, including a bill to prevent local law enforcement from working with immigration agents, will be heard in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Struggling To Survive: Hawaiʻi Residents Take On Debt, Think About Leaving Jeremy Hay

Struggling To Survive: Hawaiʻi Residents Take On Debt, Think About Leaving

Report: More people having trouble getting by are on neighbor islands.

Solving Hawaiʻi’s Housing Crisis Front And Center In New Legislative Session Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Solving Hawaiʻi’s Housing Crisis Front And Center In New Legislative Session

Zoning regulations, use of public funds to spur housing construction are among different approaches to addressing housing needs on the agenda in 2025 session.

Is Hawaiʻi’s Historic Investment In Affordable Housing Paying Off? David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Is Hawaiʻi’s Historic Investment In Affordable Housing Paying Off?

Two years ago, the state made a record investment in affordable rental housing. Results so far are both encouraging and sobering.