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Homelessness is a problem that is difficult for every state, city, and nation to try and solve because there is no one way to go about solving it.

Homelessness is becoming a bigger and bigger issue each year for Hawaii and it is affecting more and more younger people. In Evicted, it gave us a glimpse for how hard it is for people to get out of their situations. With COVID happening and getting worse by the day, more people are losing jobs and therefore cannot afford to pay rent, bills, and other necessities such as food, furniture, and clothing.

From the data and interviews that we collected for this project, we have concluded that unless we change the way that our society perceives, treats, and supports homeless people, it will only keep getting worse.

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According to Homeless in Hawaii : Facts and Resources, Hawaii has the highest homeless rate in the nation with a population of about 15,000.
1,500-2,000 are believed to be chronically homeless individuals ("chronically homeless" = homeless for 6+ months and mental and/or physical health conditions).

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This graph made in 2019 features who are impacted by homelessness. It also features some varying statistics that is gather by the year from 2019 to 2017.
The main website I took this graph from.
https://hopeserviceshawaii.org/organization/facts/

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One of the causes of Homeless is the rental market. Based on this graph made in 2019 we can see that to live in Hawaii you need to make at least double the amount that minimum wage pays currently.
The main website where I took the graph from.
https://hopeserviceshawaii.org/organization/facts/

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This picture basically simplifies the reason why people move out of Hawaii and it is because of how expensive it is, causing them to move to cheaper states such as Nevada.

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We chose this editorial cartoon picture because it truly depicts how the minimum wage here in Hawaii is such a hard thing to reach because of the lack of assistance and opportunities [controlled by the government]. Here in Hawaii, an average person would have to work about two jobs just to sustain for their family.

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Interview with Erica B. about housing, poverty and wealth inequality here in Hawaii.

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Interview with Clark Jr. Casabay about housing, poverty and wealth inequality in the state of Hawaii.

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In this PDF it shows the percentage of people who are sheltered (47%) v.s. unsheltered (53%). Adults (4,131) v.s kids (189) who are on their own, with families (2,399),  veterans (532) and those who are chronically homeless (1,714). On the side it shows the main enthicites who are homeless here and in order it goes from Native Hawaiians (34%), White (23%), Hispanic/latino (15%), Asian (9%), African American (3%), and 1% Native American.

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The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness found that in 2018, 6,412 people were homeless.
539 were family households.
505 were Veterans.
222 were lone young adults from the ages of 18-24.
3,101 public school students were reported to be homeless during the school year of 2017-2018 to the United States Department of Education.

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Our group chose this picture because it accurately represents how homelessness is our number one problem in Hawaiʻi. It shows how it destroys our economy. It reveals the dark side of Hawaiʻi and how dentrimental the homeless problem can be. Because our state relies heavliy on tourism, we have to make our island look the best for visitors and with the homeless problem, it creates an unsafe and unsanitary environment.

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Men and boys, at 60.2%, were an enormous percentage of the homeless in comparison to women and girls at 39.1%. Transgender people, while about 0.6% of the population, were 0.7% of the homeless. As for gender nonconforming, they were 0.3% of the homeless, but I've yet to find seemingly reliable statistics that show their percentage of the general population.

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According to the Rent Delinquencies chart on UHERO, the amount of people paying for their units dropped by over 10%.
There was also over a 3% increase in late unit payments.
In units being paid within the next 30 days and 60 days, both have increased by nearly 3% as well.
So even though Hawaii is controlling the COVID spread much better than most states, it is still affecting people's living situations or, now an increase in, lack of.