Front Street Apartments to remain affordable
The dismissal confirms that FSA may not end unilaterally the rent restrictions that prevent it and subsequent buyers from raising rents or selling the project unencumbered by the rent restrictions.
Judge rules rent cannot be raised until 2051 at affordable housing complex in Lahaina
Rents will not increase for tenants of an affordable housing complex in Lahaina.
Deal will keep rent affordable at Front Street Apartments
Residents celebrate as legal battle to keep rent from rising comes to an end.
Oʻahu prepares for possibility of eviction moratorium expiring
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.
Agency sets high price for inmate release records
Hawaiʻi’s Department of Public Safety says it would cost more than $1 million to release data related to its long-standing problem with keeping inmates locked up beyond their scheduled release dates.
Cold water plagues Mayor Wright residents
Only cold water streams from most showers and sink spigots at Mayor Wright public housing, a chilling daily reminder to its low-income residents that their basic need for hot water has been ignored by the government.
Lawsuit seeks to force Hawaiʻi to issue food stamps more quickly
A federal lawsuit seeks to force Hawaiʻi’s government to more quickly hand out food stamps to families in need because the state has been falling behind.
Lawsuit: State discriminates in care for Micronesians
Federal class action suit alleges new Hawaiʻi healthcare plan illegally discriminates against certain legal residents from three South Pacific nations by drastically reducing their benefits, based on nationality.
Suit seeks restored health benefits for Pacific migrants
Dialysis patient Manuel Sound needs 11 prescriptions for medication. Each month, he’s able to fill four.
Federal judge has granted TRO to Micronesians over health care plan
A federal judge has blocked cutbacks to state-funded medical care for about 7,500 adult Micronesians from taking effect today.
Public housing getting facelift
The state has chosen a New Jersey-based company to undertake a $316 million redevelopment of Kuhio Park Terrace and Kuhio Homes, which will include a one-for-one replacement of public housing units along with the addition of 276 subsidized, senior and market rate rental units.
Health plan faces legal challenge
Lawyers for Equal Justice is considering legal action to delay implementation Tuesday of a new state health plan key legislators say “could be a death sentence” for some residents.
Pacific Islander dialysis patients plead for help
More than 200 Pacific Islanders living in Hawaiʻi are heading for a medical emergency.
Legislator Q+A: KPT in hands of housing authority
“We have appropriated funds to take care of many of the projects, including the elevators, trash chutes, fire alarms, etc., but there seem to be delays in carrying out the repairs. We've tried to hold the administration accountable by doing hearings, site visits, and recently asked for an audit.”
All stakeholders must press for KPT repairs
Lifting the public housing project from its deep decline will take effort from all stakeholders—the Housing Authority, state lawmakers, residents, community leaders and more.
Public housing: Deplorable conditions demand action
The minimum expected of public housing, according to multiple federal laws on the books, is that it be "decent, safe, and sanitary." It's simply unconscionable that there are still public housing projects in Hawaiʻi that can't even reach that low bar.
State must live up to public housing safety goals
Among the responsibilities of state government is to help provide basic needs for citizens' whose own means fall short. Where shelter is concerned, the state acknowledges this through its public housing projects.
Public housing neglect threatens tenant safety
The state, as a landlord, has an obligation to provide living quarters that are in good repair, just as private property owners do.
It's time to step it up on public housing
Disabled tenants at Kuhio Park Terrace and Kuhio Homes have to worry every day about meeting their most basic needs, but after years of suffering, they have new hope it's about to change.
State's a slumlord, suit says
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, also says disabled tenants are not being afforded bare-bones accommodations, including accessible showers.