Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The trend for homeless families was equally encouraging: a ...

A neighborhood in Hawaii’s capital city has been plagued by a sprawling waterfront homeless shanty town that includes a makeshift houseboat used to avoid encampment sweeps. The two-story floating ...

Nearly four years ago, the Hawaiʻi County Council tackled the local homeless population problem in a big way, earmarking the first funding of what would become $33 million. The results have been ...

A Hawaii County Council committee has voted to send to the full council a resolution requesting the county auditor conduct an audit of the Office of Housing and Community Development’s Homeless and ...

The Hawaii County Council on Feb. 4 voted 8-0 to approve a resolution requesting the county auditor conduct a performance audit of the Office of Housing and Community Development’s Homeless and ...

The U.S. has a longstanding principle that immigrants should be able to meet their financial needs without assistance from public resources. But the public charge laws haven’t always been enforced.

The U.S. has a longstanding principle that immigrants should be able to meet their financial needs without assistance from public resources. It has used public charge laws to exclude immigrants who do ...