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.

Hawaiʻi Appleseed has monitored the ranking for years, and has been working with the DOE to improve those numbers.

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

When funds are reinvested back into the most impacted communities, these taxes help prevent future harm, and give people from those communities a better shot at succeeding and thriving.

Some 25,559 low-income Hawaiʻi children participated in the School Breakfast Program during the 2019–2020 school year—or about 40 percent of those eligible.

A bill to raise Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage to $12 passed unanimously out of its first committee Monday, with more than 180 individuals and groups testifying in favor, most saying it should be much higher.

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.

Governor Ige’s plan to furlough state workers could further increase the already-maddening length of time it takes to process critical services like unemployment.

Some island landlords have rejected about $8 million in direct payments to cover the rents they’re owed because they do not have general excise tax licenses and are not paying taxes on their rental income.

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

The number of Hawaiʻi residents receiving SNAP benefits has risen from about 155,000 last year to 179,000—a 15.4 percent increase.

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

With the Republican-controlled Senate fixated on confirming President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, additional pandemic aid is doubtful anytime soon.

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.”

All through September, customers visiting Safeway stores in Hawaiʻi can donate to the annual Nourishing Neighbors fundraiser to support anti-hunger initiatives.

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.