Nationwide, state leaders set aside $2.6 billion to prop up struggling renters, but a year later more than 16 percent hasn’t made it to tenants or landlords.

The pandemic wouldn’t have hurt nearly as much if Hawaiʻi residents were making wages that paid enough to cover their basic needs.

And Hawaiʻi’s lawmakers should pass legislation that supports workers’ well-being.

The cost of living in Hawaiʻi continues to rise, most notably due to the lack of affordable housing. How do we find a feasible solution?

After just four hours, the city's new rent relief program was suspended because so many people applied. The $114 million in federal money is for back and future rent and utilities.

Senators moved to raise income taxes on high earners, and the House passed capital gains and inheritance tax increases.

The organizations highlighted how state and local budgets have been slashed, causing job losses in critical sectors like education and healthcare that will be central to addressing the public health crisis.

A bill would require landlords to enter mediation upon a tenant’s request, but some advocates say the measure doesn’t do enough to protect renters at risk of eviction.

Bold moves are needed to tackle Hawaiʻi’s entrenched affordable housing problem.

The biggest drawback identified in the analysis is that using public land for leasehold housing is controversial.

Three factors—household income, family size and interest rates—are mainly used to compile annual housing affordability tables.

Housing advocates want to change how we view housing. Instead of an investment, it should be seen as a necessity.

The state eviction moratorium doesn’t protect every renter. And being kicked out when you’re unemployed makes finding housing much harder.

Some landlords are refusing federal relief money, which makes one wonder about what is going to happen to the tenant once the state’s moratorium on evictions expires at the end of the year.

But advocates say housing is a real concern in a state where there’s an affordable housing crisis.

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

Illegal vacation rentals have worsened Hawaiʻi’s affordable housing shortage while contributing to an overrun of high-impact, low-spending visitors.

“Our work is to bring all these different sectors together and create lasting solutions and changes.”

Under the program, payments could go as high as $2,000 per month on Oʻahu and $1,500 per month on the neighbor islands.

The threat of eviction continues to loom over thousands of island residents as the state moratorium runs out at the end of the month.