Jeremy Hay

5 days ago | civilbeat.org | Jeremy Hay

Housing advocates unsuccessfully pushed for bills that would have given cash incentives for deed restrictions that require a property owner to be a resident working in the state. In 2021, Nolan Hong and his wife were trying to buy their first home on Oʻahu. They kept getting outbid with cash offers above the asking price.

1 week ago | cadillacnews.com | Jeremy Hay

Honolulu, HI (Honolulu Civil Beat)At the start of March, a Big Island first grader was taken into custody at his elementary school by a Hawaiʻi Police Department school resource officer and turned over to Child Welfare Services. The agency then turned him over to federal immigration authorities, who earlier that day had arrested his father. And both were deported.

1 week ago | civilbeat.org | Jeremy Hay

President Trump has said he wants to deport hardened criminals. But on Hawaiʻi, agents are snaring undocumented children and their adult relatives. At the start of March, a Big Island first grader was taken into custody at his elementary school by a Hawaiʻi Police Department school resource officer and turned over to Child Welfare Services. The agency then turned him over to federal immigration authorities, who earlier that day had arrested his father. And both were deported.

2 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Jeremy Hay

The bill’s supporters say one state Senator is responsible for the holdupA bill that would give additional protections to tenants displaced by affordable housing developments is on its last legs in the state Legislature Thursday afternoon. That has stunned supporters who said HB 1325’s smooth passage through the state House of Representatives and Senate suggested it would at the very least be put to a vote. “It’s sad.

3 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Jeremy Hay

Regulations and a lack of beds make it tough for minors who are homeless to find shelter. By official counts, just a handful of homeless teens live on the streets of Hawaiʻi. Those who try to help them suggest that’s all wrong, that there are many more — perhaps 150 doing their best not to be counted. They hide in tents at beach parks. On a friend or stranger’s couch. Far back in the valleys that stretch out of towns.