HILO, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow), May 31, 2018 - Hawaii Island was already struggling with a housing crisis when eruptions started in lower Puna. Now, things are much worse. "There are households and families outside the shelters camping, in encampments, tents and in their…
Hilo, Hawaii, May 17, 2018 / 04:45 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- With ongoing volcanic activity continuing to threaten the area surrounding Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, local Catholics are offering a helping hand to those who have been evacuated. Fr. Ernest Juarez Jr.…
KAILUA-KONA, May 08, 2018, by MAX DIBLE, West Hawaii Today — Homelessness in Hawaii decreased for the second consecutive year, according to the 2018 statewide Point In Time Count Report conducted in January and released Monday morning. While the count…
Hilo, HI, October 12, 2017 – HOPE Services Hawaii, Inc. was the most recent beneficiary of the Ohana Fuels ‘Fuel Up. Do Good’ program. Ohana Fuels partners with nonprofit organizations that serve the needs of the local community, and donates…
Dan, a homeless person in Kona, questioned the validity of the Point in Time Count numbers released by the state. Laura Ruminski/ West Hawaii Today Iwalani and Richard have seen an increase of new faces recently…
April 27, 2017 By JEFF HANSEL Hawaii Tribune-Herald The online auction for a group of longstanding housing units in Pahoa has ended. The HOPE Services board of directors put the 20 16-by-12-foot units and one 16-by-14-foot unit up for sale…
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“Carol” grabs a blanket to cover her leg inside her tent at the Old Kona Airport Park on Tuesday. She is among the people “stuck” there because she doesn’t qualify for housing programs and can’t afford a place on her…
HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald file photo HOPE Services plans to auction off 21 weathered housing units currently sitting idle in Pahoa. March 2, 2017 By JEFF HANSEL Hawaii Tribune-Herald Housing units sitting idle in Pahoa for years will…
HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Steven "Happy" Stachurski, mentoring coordinator for HOPE Services, surveys a homeless couple for the Point in Time Count early Friday morning in Downtown Hilo. HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Lehua Stanley of HOPE Services helps Sola, a…