While the Act 57 program ended in August 2022, Hawaiʻi Appleseed will be advocating for a permanent rental relief program that includes mediation to stabilize affordable housing.

Rents will not increase for tenants of an affordable housing complex in Lahaina.

Residents celebrate as legal battle to keep rent from rising comes to an end.

Evictions have a lengthy legal process, and tenants always have an option to go to mediation. Instead, people think that there is no choice but to move out.

The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes.

Governor Ige is waiting to decide whether or not to extend the moratorium and is still reviewing the mediation bill before deciding whether to sign it.

Longstanding problems with overcrowding have now helped make OCCC the most dangerous place in Hawaiʻi.

The first wave of inmates will be released into the community on Wednesday as the state works to control the spread of COVID-19 at Oʻahu Community Correctional Center.

Four out of every 10 Oʻahu Community Correctional Center inmates tested for COVID-19 have received positive results since mass testing began at the Kalihi facility a week ago.

Advocates say they’ve had to take over reentry services for prisoners released because of COVID-19 worries.

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court issued an order Thursday “regarding the release or changes in the conditions of confinement of inmates amid concerns of a potential COVID-19 outbreak in Hawaiʻi’s correctional centers and facilities.”

Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s comments contradict the CDC and the experience of correctional facilities across the country where coronavirus is spreading rapidly.

The Supreme Court is considering the proposed releases to avoid a coronavirus outbreak in correctional facilities.

Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald instructed some Hawaiʻi judges on Tuesday to identify inmates who can be released in an attempt to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Like child labor laws, the minimum wage and workplace safety regulations, housing is a basic right.

The state will assist families to ensure they attend school.

The state has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed last year that alleged homeless children around the state are being denied equal access to public education.

A federal judge has given the state Department of Education until April 30 to revise its enrollment forms and computer registration programs to improve how it identifies, tracks and transports homeless students as required under federal law.

Homeless families sue the DOE for failing to educate their children in accordance a with federal law.

Lawyers for Equal Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi yesterday went to court seeking an order that would immediately stop the state from enforcing laws and policies they claim make it hard for transient students to find stability in their schooling.