Organizations work together to get shots, tests to homeless

by Mari Ebersole | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Disaster relief, In the News, Outreach, Street Medicine

View Content Direct from Source By STEPHANIE SALMONS Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Sunday, April 18, 2021, 12:05 a.m.   Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald A dog is seen next to personal possessions underneath a tarp off Kamehameha Avenue in Hilo on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021....

Talk story: ‘Your kupuna shall dream dreams’

by Mari Ebersole | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Disaster relief, In the News, Kūpuna

View Content Direct from Source 08/04/2021 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD Senior food box sorting at St. John the Baptist’s parish hall in Nov. 2019. (HCH Photo: Anna Weaver) OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “I want to tell you that you are needed in order to help build, in...

Hawai´i County Still Has Millions to Help Renters Avoid Eviction Come August

by Mari Ebersole | Jul 27, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Disaster relief, In the News

View Content Direct from Source By Max DibleJuly 27, 2021, 2:30 PM HST* Updated July 27, 2:42 PM Hawai´i’s eviction moratorium due to lack of payment will end in less than two weeks, on Aug. 6, 2021, following more than 16 months in effect. The decision, announced by...

Facing eviction, tenants struggle to find landlords who accept housing vouchers

by Mari Ebersole | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Disaster relief, In the News

View Content Direct from Source By Mahealani Richardson Published: Jul. 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM PDT | Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 8:16 PM PDT HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Service providers are scrambling to help residents facing eviction when the state’s moratorium ends...

Residents in Hilo condo fear rent hikes, being kicked out as state lifts eviction moratorium

by Mari Ebersole | Jul 16, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Blog, COVID-19, Disaster relief, In the News

View Content Direct from Source By Mahealani Richardson Published: Jul. 16, 2021 at 8:31 PM PDT | Updated: Jul. 16, 2021 at 8:49 PM PDT HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A group of residents in a Hilo housing project are expressing concern that they’ll be evicted from...

Hilo Renters Fear They’ll Be Among The First To Go When Eviction Moratorium Ends

by Mari Ebersole | Jul 12, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Blog, COVID-19, Disaster relief, In the News

View Content Direct from Source More money is coming in for federal rental subsidies, but service providers worry landlords like Waiakea Villas won’t accept it. By Anita Hofschneider / July 12, 2021 Renters at an apartment complex in Hilo are worried they’ll be forced...