What Are We Doing to Fix Hawai‘i’s Homeless Crisis?
The Aloha State now has the highest number of homeless per capita in the nation. What are we doing to help the individuals and families living on the streets?
April 22, 2015
In January, homeless service providers counted more than 400 people living in this encampment in Kaka‘ako, near the Children’s Discovery Center. Photo: Odeelo Dayondon
April Fuiava was working at the front desk of a Waikīkī Hotel, her husband was a day laborer and the two were making tough calls just about every day. With seven kids, money was always tight. After the rent was paid $2,000 for an apartment in ‘Ālewa Heights there wasn’t much for anything else. Buy groceries or keep the lights on. Pay the vehicle registration or fill up the cars with gas. “Some days, we wouldn’t have food,” Fuiava says. But even though things were bad, things were never that bad, and the 36-year-old never imagined she’d end up where she did h
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Best of Honolulu
Honolulu is full of amazing stuff and we found the best of it. From sandwiches to swimming lessons, first dates to funky shoes; think of this as your key to living better and cheaper in the city.
Hale ‘Aina Awards
Each year since 1984, we’ve turned to the most discriminating food experts in town our readers and asked them to vote for their favorite restaurants and dining experiences in 25 categories. And vote they do, via a paper ballot enclosed within our August Restaurant Guide, or online at our Web site. (Each reader can, however, only vote one time.) The results become the Hale ‘Aina Awards, the oldest and most prestigious restaurant awards in the state of Hawai‘i.