It’s Time to Acknowledge Native Hawaiians Special Right To Housing - Honolulu Civil Beat
The affordable housing crisis is an existential threat to the Hawaiian culture.
About the Authors
Williamson Chang, professor of law, has taught at the William S. Richardson School of Law since 1976. He has been active in serving the Native Hawaiian community and in 2017 he was recognized as the Native Hawaiian Patriot of the year.
Abbey Seitz is a professional community planner and freelance writer with a master’s in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
In 1920, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole delivered an impassioned speech to the U.S. Congress, in which he proclaimed: “The Hawaiian race is passing … and if conditions continue to exist as they do today, this splendid race of people, my people, will pass from the face of the Earth.”