https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/Sourced, plain-language reporting on housing, the street and civic action in Honolulu and across Oʻahuhttps://deoccupyhonolulu.org/action/worried-about-someone-on-the-street/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/action/worried-about-someone-on-the-street/2026-11-01A practical guide for Oʻahu residents who are concerned about a person living outside: how to tell an emergency from a non-emergency, which number to call, how to approach someone respectfully, and what happens after you call.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/action/how-to-help-well/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/action/how-to-help-well/2026-10-31Practical, respectful ways for Oʻahu residents to help people experiencing homelessness: what kinds of donations help most, how to volunteer, including for the Point-in-Time count, and how to take part in the decisions that shape housing policy.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/students-without-stable-housing/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/students-without-stable-housing/2026-10-30Hawaiʻi public schools identify about 4,800 school-aged students experiencing homelessness each year, most of them doubled up with other families. Who counts as homeless for schools, the rights to enroll, stay in the same school and get transportation, and how to reach a school liaison.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/eviction-mediation-hawaii/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/eviction-mediation-hawaii/2026-10-29Since February 5, 2026, Hawaiʻi landlords must give tenants ten calendar days' notice for unpaid rent and send it to a free mediation center. How Act 278 (2025) works, the deadlines that matter, and what tenants and landlords should do.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/belongings-and-the-stored-property-ordinance/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/belongings-and-the-stored-property-ordinance/2026-10-28What Honolulu's stored property ordinance and sidewalk nuisance ordinance allow, the notice and storage rules, what court cases and a 2016 settlement require, and practical steps to protect and recover belongings.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/sidewalks-parks-and-sit-lie-rules/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/sidewalks-parks-and-sit-lie-rules/2026-10-28Honolulu regulates who may sit, lie, sleep or keep belongings in public places through sit-lie bans, park closure hours, a lodging ordinance and sidewalk obstruction rules. Where they came from, what they cover and the debate around them.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/grants-pass-ruling-and-hawaii/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/rights/grants-pass-ruling-and-hawaii/2026-10-27In City of Grants Pass v. Johnson (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that enforcing public camping bans is not cruel and unusual punishment, overturning the Ninth Circuit rule that applied in Hawaiʻi. What the decision says, what it left open, and which protections still apply on Oʻahu.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/services/medicaid-housing-supports-cis-plus/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/services/medicaid-housing-supports-cis-plus/2026-10-27Hawaiʻi's Medicaid program can pay for help finding and keeping housing for members with serious health needs who are homeless or at risk. Who qualifies for Community Integration Services, what they include, what they do not cover, and how to ask for them.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/services/core-and-street-outreach/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/services/core-and-street-outreach/2026-10-26Honolulu's CORE program sends EMTs and community health workers, not police, to non-violent calls about people living outside. What it does, how to request it, what its early data showed, and why the city auditor could not complete an audit in 2026.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/services/finding-shelter-on-oahu/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/services/finding-shelter-on-oahu/2026-10-25A practical guide to emergency shelter on Oʻahu: which shelters serve single adults, families, couples, youth, veterans and people with pets, how outreach and the HONU navigation program connect people, and what to expect on arrival.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/services/coordinated-entry-on-oahu/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/services/coordinated-entry-on-oahu/2026-10-24Oʻahu's Coordinated Entry System decides who is referred to permanent housing programs. How the "no wrong door" approach works, what happens at assessment, how priority is set, and what people waiting can do.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/governor-housing-emergency-proclamations/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/governor-housing-emergency-proclamations/2026-10-24From July 2023, Gov. Josh Green used emergency powers to speed affordable housing by suspending state laws. How the proclamations and the Build Beyond Barriers Working Group worked, why the group was dissolved, and what the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled in 2025.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/housing-first-in-honolulu/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/housing-first-in-honolulu/2026-10-23Housing First offers people experiencing chronic homelessness a home without preconditions, then services. How the City and County of Honolulu adopted it in 2014, what University of Hawaiʻi evaluations found about retention, health and arrests, and the debates around it.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/kauhale-explained/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/kauhale-explained/2026-10-22What the State's kauhale villages are, how many beds exist, who lives in them, how long people stay and where they go next, based on the State's January 2026 report to the Legislature.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/section-8-vouchers-on-oahu/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/section-8-vouchers-on-oahu/2026-10-22How Housing Choice Vouchers work in Honolulu, who runs them, what tenants pay, the 2025 waitlist lottery that drew about 17,000 applications for 3,000 places, and Hawaiʻi's 2023 ban on refusing tenants because of a voucher.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/what-affordable-means-in-honolulu/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/housing/what-affordable-means-in-honolulu/2026-10-21In Honolulu, an "affordable" rental can cost more than $2,700 a month. How area median income (AMI) is set, the City's 2026 income limits and maximum rents, and why affordable housing often misses the lowest-income households.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/counts/after-shelter-system-outcomes/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/counts/after-shelter-system-outcomes/2026-10-21The Point-in-Time count says how many people are homeless on one night. System data say what happens next: average shelter stays of nearly a year on Oʻahu, fewer exits to permanent housing than on the neighbor islands, and return rates below the national average.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/counts/hawaii-in-the-national-count/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/counts/hawaii-in-the-national-count/2026-10-20Federal data put Hawaiʻi at the top of the national ranking for homelessness per resident in 2024, partly because of Maui wildfire shelters. What HUD's report says, what the state's own figures show, and the long-run trends since 2016.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/counts/rent-burden-in-honolulu/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/counts/rent-burden-in-honolulu/2026-10-20Nearly half of Honolulu renter households pay 35% or more of their income on rent, according to the American Community Survey. How rent burden is measured, the latest county figures, and why it matters for homelessness.https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/counts/oahu-point-in-time-count-2026/https://deoccupyhonolulu.org/counts/oahu-point-in-time-count-2026/2026-10-19Oʻahu's January 2026 count found 4,539 people experiencing homelessness: fewer people outside, many more in shelters, and a rise in families with children. The figures, the context and the caveats.