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.

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.

LEJ’s report, based on extensive review of court filings, court minutes, pleadings filed in individual cases, HPD statistics and media reports, concluded that government officials and the media misinformed the public.

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.