Statewide news from the NOW network
Housing is one of the most closely watched issues in Hawaiʻi. This hub collects reporting on affordable housing, development, rentals, homelessness and related policy from Maui Now, Big Island Now and Kauaʻi Now. Some stories are island-specific; others involve statewide agencies, the Legislature or programs that span multiple islands. HawaiiNow groups them here and sends you to the original newsroom for the full story.
Statewide · Politics
Hawaiian Council has launched a statewide program to provide financial assistance to Hawaiʻi households hosting friends, relatives, and neighbors displaced by recent storms…
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Big Island · Politics
In response to the devastation caused by Hurricanes Lala and Lowell, the Hawaiian Council has introduced the Host Housing Support Program, offering up to $2,000 per month to…
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Statewide · Politics
The Hawaiian Council has launched a statewide program to provide financial assistance to Hawaiʻi households hosting friends, relatives and neighbors displaced by recent storms…
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Maui · Housing
Hale ʻO Lāʻie, located at the former Haggai Institute in Kīhei, has provided temporary housing for wildfire survivors. Now, Maui County has launched a housing navigator program to…
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Statewide · Housing
The Nareit Foundation awarded a $100,000 grant to the nonprofit Residential Youth Services & Empowerment to support the renovation of the Hale Koko building in Makiki, near…
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Maui · Housing
Mele KEIKImaka campaign volunteers (left to right) Isabella Smith, Marina Tran, Santa Dan, Nobi Buntin, Abigail Dang and Stephanie Ishigami are packed up and ready to go with…
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Big Island · Housing
A youth-led Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit spent 7 months earlier this year asking people throughout the state about pressures they face, what they fear Hawaiʻi could lose and what needs…
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Kauaʻi · Housing
A youth-led Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit spent 7 months earlier this year asking people throughout the state about pressures they face, what they fear Hawaiʻi could lose and what needs…
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Maui · Housing
Homeowners and project partners gathered today to mark the groundbreaking for the rebuild of Lahaina Residential, a 60-home community at 1034 Front Street lost in the August 2023…
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Statewide · Housing
New Kauaʻi Habitat for Humanity job positions will expand the organization’s capacity to build affordable homes and strengthen communities on Kauaʻi. Kauaʻi Habitat for Humanity…
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Maui · Politics
Council Chair Alice Lee leads Tuesday’s debate on Resolution 26-129, CD1, which refers two bills to the Maui Planning Commission that would rezone 32 shoreline apartment…
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Statewide · Weather
Kauaʻi County Housing Agency because of impacts from Hurricane Lowell extended the application period for the Residential Cesspool Conversion Grant Program 2. Applications are now…
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