Honolulu's severe housing crisis is being exacerbated by a growing trend of vacant homes purchased as investments by non-residents. To reverse this trend, Hawaiʻi Appleseed recommends a flat tax of 3–5 percent on empty homes.

The nonprofit hopes to raise $100,000 from individual and corporate donors by December 31.

The biennial budget analysis product is a core service provided by Appleseed researchers.

New data-driven policy brief from Hawaiʻi Appleseed aims to educate lawmakers on the true nature of the policy proposal contained in this 2024 bill.

Hawaiʻi lawmakers can improve the economic health of our communities by re-balancing the state’s upside-down tax code.

In a new report, Hawaiʻi Appleseed researchers demonstrate how chronically low wages have prevented Hawaiʻi’s working families from thriving, and outline the significant cost that poverty exacts from these families, from future generations, and from all of us.

The merger of these social justice organizations is meant to forge a stronger connection between data-driven policy and impacted communities.

The more accurate Supplemental Poverty Measure ranks Hawaiʻi at 13th highest for poverty in the nation.

The 50-year advocate for the low-income community and founder of Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice will retire on August 31, 2019.

New analysis sheds light on demographics of affected workers and effects on local economy.

Renters need to work a total of 143 hours a week at minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment.

The state’s high cost of living and low wages has made recovery slow and painful for many families.

An Appleseed-commissioned poll highlights the extent to which working families are now struggling to get by in Hawaiʻi.

Now is the time for Hawaiʻi to invest in its residents and businesses by creating a state refundable EITC that puts dollars back into workers’ pockets and into the cash registers of local business.