Rick Blangiardi said he’ll take 1,000 people off the streets within a year, and that he’s not worried about legal challenges.

The 54-year-old had dedicated much of her life to creating a home for the homeless in Waianae and was one of the inspirations for the kauhale or tiny home movement in Hawaii.

The action comes less than two weeks after a consequential U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave local governments more leeway to ban sleeping outside.

Numerous other bills have been signed into law by Gov. Josh Green in the last few days. And Green and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi updated reporters on a housing project.

The ruling gets rid of a key constitutional protection that homelessness advocates had been using to contest municipal laws they said were too harsh on homeless people.

The island’s homeless population increased by roughly 12% from 2023 to 2024.

Rick Blangiardi was one of about 50 mayors to descend on Washington, D.C., this week.

The state has the third-highest rate of unsheltered homeless youth in the nation.

The Green administration is pushing to build a dozen kauhale this year throughout Hawaii.

Sam Moku and John Mizuno have a relationship that dates back to their time playing football at the University of Hawaii.