#Homeless maui

Gov. Josh Green today announced the upcoming opening of Kīpūola Kauhale, the state’s first and largest kauhale village on a neighbor island. Built from the ground up on Maui, Kīpūola – meaning “to enfold oneself with life, health, and well-being” – will provide 64 tiny homes and a new path to economic mobility for wildfire survivors and individuals experiencing homelessness.

A Cup of Cold Water (ACCW), the mobile outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi, has named Joseph Cascio as its new president, effective Sept. 1, 2025.

The County of Maui Department of Human Concerns on Friday released “Recommendations to Address Homelessness in Maui County,” a report offering strategic solutions to reduce and prevent homelessness across the county.

The Nareit Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to the nonprofit HomeAid Hawai‘i to support Kīpūola Kauhale in Kahului, the first kauhale community being built for formerly homeless residents in the County of Maui.

This additional funding is a second allocation awarded to help communities in Maui recover in the wake of the devastating wildfires. HUD provided $1.3 million in RUSH funding in August 2023.

County of Maui officials are assessing impacts of heavy rains and winds that have impacted Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi since Monday night.

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has scheduled an oral argument on Dec. 14, 2023, for the lawsuit against Maui County challenging a September 2021 houseless sweep at Amala Place near Kanahā Beach Park.

Elected officials and community leaders  joined together on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Puʻuhonua o Nēnē, a temporary shelter, to bless the newly established facility for Maui wildfire survivors who were homeless pre-disaster.

The state, in partnership with the nonprofit Project Vision Hawai‘i, has opened Puʻuhonua o Nēnē, a temporary shelter for Maui wildfire survivors who were experiencing homelessness before the disaster. The temporary shelter, located at the corner of Hāna Highway and Mayor Elmer F. Carvalho Way in Kahului opened on Friday, Sept. 29.

Two apartments that had been destroyed during an accidental fire in June 2022 at the Hale Makana O Waiale complex, have since been restored.

Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club in Lahaina is taking action on Monday, July 24, with a resort-wide Hygiene Kit Building Day in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Department of Health to benefit seniors at Hale Mahaolu. 

The Board of Directors of Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers has initiated a search for a new Executive Director. The vacancy was created by current Executive Director Monique R. Ibarra who submitted her resignation to accept a position as the Chief Executive Officer of the Domestic Violence Action Center on Oʻahu.

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers announced today that Executive Director Monique R. Ibarra has resigned to assume the position of chief executive officer of the Domestic Violence Action Center on Oahu. Ibarra will succeed Nanci Kreidman, DVAC CEO and co-founder, who announced her retirement, effective June 30.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i issued a letter on June 2 to the County of Hawai’i demanding that it stop planned sweeps of houseless people and their possessions until there is a place for them to go.

The Visitor Industry and Maui Hotel & Lodging Association responded to Maui District Health Office’s donation request for homeless outreach. Donations were sought to serve the needs of the congregate populations of domestic violence, substance abuse and homeless shelters.

In an effort to raise awareness around the affordable housing crisis in Maui County, St. Anthony student Edward Oliveira launched a fundraiser, Paddle for Roof, to benefit Habitat for Humanity Maui.

The County of Maui was among approximately 30 states and 173 local homelessness programs across the nation that were awarded a total of $315 million in funding to address unsheltered individuals and families with severe service needs.

The Hawai’i Supreme Court decided Thursday to hear a lawsuit challenging the legality of a September 2021 “sweep” that Maui County officials conducted of a houseless encampment near Kanahā Beach Park.

“The data above provides evidence that we need to address the housing problem through various legislative remedies, including increasing housing supply and options, zoning reforms, and funding affordable housing,” said Samar Jha, AARP Government Affairs Director. 

About 50 sign wavers from the Maui Homeless Alliance lined the Ka‘ahumanu Avenue fronting the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center on Tuesday afternoon to bring attention to issues surrounding homelessness and hunger.