just to say that homelessness has increased is not sufficient.  more analysis must be done on the statistics or better statistics must be gathered.  we need to know where the homeless folks are coming from, the mainland, Oahu to neighbor islands, or just due to more island residents are becoming homeless on each island.  Honolulu has stepped up its efforts do deal with homelessness, what has the other islands do?  likely not much since they all had double digit increases.  with regard to the vets, why can't there be persuaded to move to a state where it is cheaper to live and they are given benefits as vet homeless.   believe much of the funding comes from the federal government.  also, just because the number of homeless has increased in Honolulu does not mean that the work the state and city are doing are failures.  the way this article is written seems to imply that, which is not true and irresponsible journalism.  good journalists have a responsibility to be fair and honest in repo