Minimum wage bill passes Senate committee

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 26, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News

View Content Direct from Source BY MICHAEL TSAI | HONOLULU PUBLISHED 10:34 AM ET JAN. 26, 2022 SB 2018 unanimously passed the Labor, Culture and the Arts committee. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy) HONOLULU — A bill that would raise Hawaii’s minimum wage to $18 by 2026 passed...

Maui nonprofit Ka Hale A Ke Ola received $75,000 grant to help homeless people

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 24, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Outreach

View Content Direct from Source By Maui Now January 24, 2022, 11:14 AM HST* Updated January 27, 5:25 AM   Three nonprofits in Hawaiʻi, including Ka Hale A Ke Ola on Maui, were each awarded $75,000 grants to help people experiencing homelessness. Photo Courtesy:...

2021 in review: A look back at the events and images from another year marked by the coronavirus pandemic

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 5, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, COVID-19, In the News, Kūpuna, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter

View Content Direct from Source 01/05/2022  BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD Compiled by Anna WeaverHawaii Catholic Herald Here is a month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2021 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. January A Jan. 8 memo from the Diocese...

HOPE Services’ senior affordable housing units installed in Pahoa

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 5, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Kūpuna, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter

View Content Direct from Source 01/05/2022 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD   Modular home installation at the Sacred Heart Affordable Housing Project in Pahoa, Dec. 27. (Photo courtesy of HOPE Services Hawaii) During the week after Christmas, HOPE Services of Hawaii...

Six HOPE Services Affordable Housing Units Move to Pāhoa

by Mari Ebersole | Dec 29, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter

View Content Direct from Source By Big Island Now | December 29, 2021, 2:00 PM HST* Updated December 29, 1:06 PM Six of HOPE Services’ permanent affordable housing units for homeless seniors were recently moved to their new home in Pāhoa. The units, which were...

Commentary: Landlords needed — Help house our community

by Mari Ebersole | Dec 8, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News

View Content Direct from Source 12/08/2021 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels This article represents a joint message from the diocesan Office for Social Ministry, HOPE Services Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii and the Hawaii Catholic...