Throwing money at homelessness will not solve it. "Housing the homeless" is a "let them eat cake" type of solution which demonstrates a lack of understanding of the underlying causes of homelessness.

homelessness is not a problem. it is the symptom of a failed socio-economic system. In Hawaii homelessness is the result of an artificially manipulated high cost of living coupled with wages and salaries that are not indexed to the cost of living and further exacerbated by external factors that push rent and housing costs beyond the earning power of the average Hawaii working family.

The solution to homelessness lies in fixing the social and economic factors that push Hawaii working families and individuals below the poverty line

The Hawaiian Kingdom is preparing a Hawai'i Restoration Master Plan that will identify and offer viable solutions for issues that face us following the 2020 Restoration

ponokeali'i
Minister of Information and
Policy and Strategy Advisor
to The Hawaiian Kingdom