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

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 have an opportunity to tailor the sales tax on real property so that it reinvests nonresident wealth into our island communities through affordable housing development.

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 cliff is a result of Congress’ decision to end the federal emergency allotments that were implemented to reduce food insecurity and stimulate the economy for the duration of the pandemic.

Study aims to ascertain whether or not there are ways to increase housing stability by examining the temporary measures Hawaiʻi put into place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hawaiʻi Appleseed and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network are teaming up to ensure families with keiki can purchase enough food this summer.

Fewer than 1 in 11 keiki in free or reduced-price school lunch were reached by summer meals.

Community organizations respond to delayed start of public school year by keeping keiki feeding sites open.

During this unplanned school closure, three SFSP sponsors—YMCA Honolulu, Parents and Children Together, and Palama Settlement—are opening food sites in low-income areas on Oʻahu for keiki.

With the new Trump Administration Public Charge rule given the green light today by the U.S. Supreme Court, both Hawaiʻi’s economy and its hardworking immigrant families will suffer.

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

After three decades of proliferation of illegal short-term rentals on Oʻahu, county administrators finally have—in Bill 89—the comprehensive tool kit needed to balance the needs of the tourism industry with the needs of the community.

A new report provides solutions for lawmakers to solve Hawaiʻi’s vacation rental problem.

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

Vacation rentals offer the possibility of extra income for some residents and additional tax revenue for the state, but many of the benefits go to nonresident investors.

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

Recommendations for policymakers on how to address our highest-in-the-nation housing costs and associated socioeconomic problems.