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HAHC

@HomelessHawaii

Helping to fix homelessness in Hawaii through community awareness and organization. Tweeted by @dave_bernie

 Kaneohe Hawaii 96744
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With beds at homeless shelters in high demand, IHS uses testing, vaccines in attempt to manage COVID

With beds at homeless shelters in high demand, IHS uses testing, vaccines in attempt to manage COVID

All guests must test negative for COVID within 48 hours of entering the shelter.

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City opens housing waitlist applications for low-income families hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/06/15…
City opens housing waitlist applications for low-income families

City opens housing waitlist applications for low-income families

Officials said 2,000 applications will be selected randomly through a lottery.

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Homeless encampment goes up in flames dangerously close to Maui church and preschool hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/06/15…
Homeless encampment goes up in flames dangerously close to Maui church and preschool

Homeless encampment goes up in flames dangerously close to Maui church and preschool

Church staff said homeless nearby have been a growing problem.

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Search is on for landlords to house homeless on Oahu staradvertiser.com/2021/06/1…
Search is on for landlords to house homeless on Oahu | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Search is on for landlords to house homeless on Oahu | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Millions of dollars’ worth of new housing vouchers are becoming available on Oahu just as a statewide ban on COVID-19- related evictions is scheduled to end in August, leading to fears that a new...

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City to open Section 8 Housing voucher applications hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/06/14…
City to open Section 8 Housing voucher applications

City to open Section 8 Housing voucher applications

From the pool, 2,000 submissions will be chosen at random to be placed on the waitlist.

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Affordable homes at Koa Ridge go on sale for qualifying residents hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/06/12…
Affordable homes at Koa Ridge go on sale for qualifying residents

Affordable homes at Koa Ridge go on sale for qualifying residents

The developer said prices will start at $375,000 and will go up to $600,000.

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This church is housing the homeless ― and cultivating hope ― on a Waianae farm hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/06/11…
This church is housing the homeless ― and cultivating hope ― on a Waianae farm

This church is housing the homeless ― and cultivating hope ― on a Waianae farm

Forty-three of the farm’s 51 units are currently occupied. Residents are from across Oahu.

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A local stylist teams up with IHS to provide free haircuts to homeless vets hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/12/21…
A local stylist teams up with IHS to provide free haircuts to homeless vets

A local stylist teams up with IHS to provide free haircuts to homeless vets

To those on the receiving end of the haircuts, it means so much more than just looking fresh.

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First affordable housing walk-up under ‘Bill 7′ now in the works in Liliha hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/12/02…
First affordable housing walk-up under ‘Bill 7′ now in the works in Liliha

First affordable housing walk-up under ‘Bill 7′ now in the works in Liliha

Bill 7 provides property tax incentives to developers to encourage more affordable rentals.

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A Hawaii restaurant puts a Thanksgiving tradition on hold but finds a new way to give hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/11/26…
A Hawaii restaurant puts a Thanksgiving tradition on hold but finds a new way to give

A Hawaii restaurant puts a Thanksgiving tradition on hold but finds a new way to give

This year, the owner of Matsumoto’s Okazuya & Restaurant was forced to put the meals-on-wheels on hiatus because he didn’t want to expose family members to the coronavirus.

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Perseverance prevails as construction on tiny home village for homeless resumes hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/11/25…
Perseverance prevails as construction on tiny home village for homeless resumes

Perseverance prevails as construction on tiny home village for homeless resumes

“There have been a lot of tears shed over this project by a lot of people."

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Radio station pulls DJs from morning show after comments about musician’s struggle with homelessness hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/11/15…
Radio station pulls DJs from morning show after comments about musician’s struggle with homelessness

Radio station pulls DJs from morning show after comments about musician’s struggle with homelessness

“I hope this becomes a teachable moment."

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Under latest emergency proclamation, no rental evictions until at least 2021 hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/11/16…
Under latest emergency proclamation, no rental evictions until at least 2021

Under latest emergency proclamation, no rental evictions until at least 2021

The moratorium was put in place to prevent Hawaii residents from being forced into homelessness.

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Hawaii among 24 states to get new foster youth housing vouchers hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/11/17…
Hawaii among 24 states to get new foster youth housing vouchers

Hawaii among 24 states to get new foster youth housing vouchers

It’s part of the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative.

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New Ewa Beach housing project provides dozens of affordable rentals to residents hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/11/17…
New Ewa Beach housing project provides dozens of affordable rentals to residents

New Ewa Beach housing project provides dozens of affordable rentals to residents

A new housing project in Ewa Beach is now ready for renters.

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Hawaiian blessing marks full completion of a rest stop providing homeless services hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/11/18…
Hawaiian blessing marks full completion of a rest stop providing homeless services

Hawaiian blessing marks full completion of a rest stop providing homeless services

The site has helped more than 2,500 people struggling with homelessness.

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Mourning 'Tuxedo Man’: After a homeless man’s death, his life story comes to light hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/10/22…
Mourning 'Tuxedo Man’: After a homeless man’s death, his life story comes to light

Mourning 'Tuxedo Man’: After a homeless man’s death, his life story comes to light

“He always had great pride in his appearance and his demeanor, so he never saw himself as a homeless person.”

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Funding for homeless sweeps along state roadways runs out, putting future clean-ups on hold hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/09/17…
Funding for homeless sweeps along state roadways runs out, putting future clean-ups on hold

Funding for homeless sweeps along state roadways runs out, putting future clean-ups on hold

Hawaii News Now obtained an email in response to a community complaint written by the Department of Transportation’s Homeless Coordinator that said the agency’s been “forced to pause all clean-up...

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Papakolea residents raise concerns about growing homelessness in their community hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/09/14…
Papakolea residents raise concerns about growing homelessness in their community

Papakolea residents raise concerns about growing homelessness in their community

Residents at the Kalawahine subdivision say the homeless have camped at the entrance to their neighborhood and are harassing them.

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