The number of people experiencing homelessness in Hawaii County dropped slightly over the past two years, according to data released Wednesday by a group of social service agencies.

A neighborhood in Hawaii’s capital city has been plagued by a sprawling waterfront homeless shanty town that includes a makeshift houseboat used to avoid encampment sweeps. The two-story floating ...

Nearly four years ago, the Hawaiʻi County Council tackled the local homeless population problem in a big way, earmarking the first funding of what would become $33 million. The results have been ...

A Hawaii County Council committee has voted to send to the full council a resolution requesting the county auditor conduct an audit of the Office of Housing and Community Development’s Homeless and ...

The State of Hawaii has put forward a bold, nine-step plan to show absolute improvement in lessening the homeless problem through Hawaii, especially on Oahu. The plan is aimed to do far more than ...

Under a proposed homeless sanctuary pilot program, women and children would be able to live in vehicles or in communal tents on government-sanctioned land. Above, a woman slept on the sidewalk along ...