David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Maui County Faces Huge Funding Gap For Wildfire Recovery, Draft Plan Shows
The county is hosting public meetings on the plan starting Saturday. Billions of dollars from other funding sources must be identified to achieve long-term goals.
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.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Hawai‘i Condo Owners Could Benefit From State Plan To Prop Up Insurance Market
Lawmakers are moving forward with bills that would rescue owners facing rising rates.
(Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2025)
This Luxury Kauaʻi Hotel Is Housing Foreign Workers In Container Homes
The 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay also bought a multimillion-dollar home in a working class neighborhood to house upper management.
Courtesy: Kauaʻi Historical Society
Graveyard Of Kauaʻi Cows Killed By Anthrax Could Undermine Luxury Homes
A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in a lawsuit that Princeville residents have filed against the developer.
(Courtesy: Krizhna Bayudan)
Maui Lawmakers Seek To Speed Up Rebuilding For Some Fire Victims
As temporary housing for survivors has cropped up around the island, efforts to replace permanent housing have been slowed by a special state coastal permit process.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024
South Maui Community Pushes Back After Plan Gets More Developer-Friendly
Advisory committee members say the county Planning Department’s changes will contribute to an unsustainable future for the greater Kīhei area.
Jeremy Hay
Struggling To Survive: Hawaiʻi Residents Take On Debt, Think About Leaving
Report: More people having trouble getting by are on neighbor islands.
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.
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.