It will take a lot of tools to solve homelessness in Hawaii. Enforcement of city laws is one of those tools.

A Civil Beat analysis of court data on HPD’s pandemic enforcement shows homeless people account for nearly 25% of pandemic violations despite making up less than 1% of the population.  

Maintaining hygiene and preventing skin, wound and respiratory infections are more difficult for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.

City and state officials say housing is the answer to homelessness. But criminalization can be more politically expedient.

The ACLU is alarmed that the state budgeted an extra $2 million to remove property instead of putting people into housing.

A new study says a similar approach could save the state money by providing a place where the homeless, the mentally ill and others can get help without going to the ER.

Hawaii’s rate of homelessness was among the worst in the nation pre-pandemic. It’s likely to get even worse.

Another round of federal funds is specifically aimed at meeting people’s housing needs.

An expanded sit-lie ban won’t get more people into housing, law professors say, especially during the pandemic.

The city’s sit-lie ban could soon include streets around the Institute for Human Services, but shelters don’t have enough room for those living in encampments.