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Statewide Office on Homelessness responds to audit, highlights Kauhale progress and fund recovery steps
At the direction of Governor Josh Green, the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions has accepted all 11 recommendations from a state Office of the Auditor report to strengthen controls and recover improper payments, while disputing several of the report’s underlying findings and emphasizing the progress of the Kauhale Initiative in reducing statewide unsheltered homelessness.
Blessing held for new Waimānalo Kauhale, marking 26th in the state
Gov. Josh Green and partners gathered in Waimānalo, Wednesday, to celebrate the opening of Ke Kauhale ʻo Luhia. It’s the 26th site under the statewide Kauhale Initiative and a new intergenerational village intentionally designed to bring together single adults, kūpuna and families in one connected community.
Gov. Green launches Kīpūola Kauhale, Maui’s first Kauhale Village, to advance economic mobility
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.
Kahului tiny home village to replace temporary tent shelter, leaving advocates worried where houseless residents will go
The state says there will be a transition period to allow residents of Pu‘uhonua o Nēnē, the temporary shelter set up for houseless Lahaina fire survivors, to move into the kauhale or find alternate housing.