Report finds failures in county’s lava response

by Kristen Alice | Feb 28, 2020 | Disaster relief, In the News, Puna

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Friday, February 28, 2020, 12:05 a.m. SAN BUENAVENTURA KIERKIEWICZ KANEALI’I-KLEINFELDER KIM RUDERMAN Hawaii County has released a report largely critical of its own response to the monthslong eruption of Kilauea...

Factory-Built Housing Made in Hawai‘i

by Kristen Alice | Feb 5, 2020 | Affordable Housing, In the News, Puna

Rendering of a HalePlus factory-built modular home | Photo: Courtesy of HPM Building Supply LiAnne Yu As the fifth-generation leader of a local company, Jason Fujimoto has seen the lack of affordable housing impact his own Hawai‘i Island community, including people he...

New Modular Homes Will Help Solve Housing Crisis, HPM Says

by Kristen Alice | Jul 23, 2019 | Affordable Housing, In the News, Puna

image courtesy HPM Building SupplyNew Modular Homes Will Help Solve Housing Crisis, HPM Saysby Big Island Video Newson Jul 22, 2019 at 7:31 pm STORY SUMMARYKEAʻAU, Hawaiʻi – The HalePlus will be available in 2020, and 12 studio units will be provided at a...

HPM Launches Affordable Modular Home Line

by Kristen Alice | Jul 23, 2019 | Affordable Housing, In the News, Puna

By Big Island NowJuly 22, 2019, 11:03 AM HST (Updated July 22, 2019, 11:03 AM)Photo courtesy of HPM.HPM Building Supply announced Monday, July 22, 2019, that it will launch new line of modular homes in 2020 called HalePlus to provide Hawai‘i Island residents with a...