The split council will take the legislation up for final reading in two weeks, and plans to hear a separate bill that could effectively exempt many of the roughly 7,000 affected properties.

UPDATE: New details emerged on Saturday in a video provided to Civil Beat of the incident that led to the arrest. The squalid conditions and violent outbreaks led the state representative for downtown to call for changes to Hawaiʻi landlord-tenant law.

Remaining residents were terrified when a group of men in black clothing armed with a pistol showed up last week. Today they head back to court.

The city accused a plans examiner of preferential treatment. The employee said she was trying to help permit applicants.

The county plans to purge the list to help families in need as federal funding cuts loom over the Section 8 program.

A temporary investigative group recommended rezoning thousands of apartment-zoned units so they can be used as both short- and long-term rentals.

The 2023 Maui fires and pushback on the use of emergency orders derailed the governor’s early plan to address the state’s housing crisis. But he says he hasn’t given up on the issue.

A proposed senior living facility in Kāneʻohe would bring a range of negative impacts, residents say. The developer says it will help meet a crucial need.

Some Hawai‘i nonprofits are objecting to the mainland organization’s meddling in local politics and overall lack of public transparency.

Citing no more unmet needs, the agency canceled $2 million worth of contracts with a company managing residential units leased from property owners.