The 2022 Hawaiʻi legislative session included extraordinary examples of the types of actions policymakers can take to rewrite the economic rulebook.

An analysis of Hawaiʻi’s pandemic-era rent relief and pre-litigation mediation program created through Act 57 (2021).

How expanding the state Earned Income Tax Credit to make it refundable can boost the economy and provide opportunity to Hawaiʻi’s working families.

Tax credits can fine-tune the tax system to promote social welfare and encourage economic activity by delivering targeted tax relief.

Part three of the Good Health Depends on Decent Housing series highlights the disconnect between the state’s housing market and the needs of its residents.

Part two in the Good Health Depends on Decent Housing series shows how helping people who are currently experiencing homelessness with housing and other needs is not only life-changing, but also saves money.

Part 1 of a Good Health Depends on Decent Housing series of policy briefs shows how chronic stress from insecure housing produces cumulative effects that result in mental and physical health problems.

Policymakers have shaped an economy that relies far too much on extractive tourism that provides little to residents in return. To reverse these trends, we need a dramatic shift in our public policy. 

An overview of Hawaiʻi’s senior hunger safety net and how to strengthen it.

Survey results show half of Hawaiʻi's households are living "paycheck to paycheck."

Cutting taxes to strengthen the economy and boost Hawaiʻi’s families: A refundable state Earned Income Tax Credit.

The High Cost of Our Affordable Housing Shortfall

SNAP and the EITC in Hawaiʻi

ADUs are an important tool in expanding affordable housing stock, especially in areas with limited room for growth and high housing costs.

Innovative and Affordable Models to Meet Our Housing Needs

Recommendations to the Hawaiʻi State Legislature

How the Great Recession disproportionately impacted Hawaiʻi’s disadvantaged, and policy recommendations to achieve fairness.

The Case for Justice for Micronesians in Hawaiʻi