“Affordable & stable places to live, free from fear of an eviction, are fundamental for a healthy community. Hawai‘i & other states need to work not only on building more housing but also on creating protections for tenants in the aftermath of disasters.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Mahalo Honolulu Civil Beat for covering one of our signature products: the Budget Primer! Every biennium, the state plans its spending through a budget. The budget can be very hard to decipher! Our primer is a “major step toward enlightenment,” says the Blog. civilbeat.org/2024/09/the-su…

Together with Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action, we're looking for community members who are interested in advancing their organizing skills to build power and change the way our communities access food equitably for a training bootcamp. Learn more and apply at bit.ly/aikamahao by Sept 13.

"One of the wisest investments we could possibly make." 'Indi' Dutta-Gupta talks about how beneficial the Child Tax Credit expansion could be for kids and society.

Promising trends for families across the nation, but many continue to feel the lasting effects of widespread unemployment during the pandemic, a rising cost of living, and inadequate government assistance. #Census #Poverty #ChildTaxCredit hiappleseed.org/blog/census-po…

Thanks to Hawaiʻi Appleseed for putting out the Hawaii Budget Primer! Our column this week is a book review. tfhawaii.org/wordpress/blog…

Honolulu Empty Homes Tax Proposal Advances: The bill was amended to earn the support of short-term rental owners. dlvr.it/TDhSFM #HInews

There are already far too many parallels between the 1890s—a time of robber barons, extreme inequality and exploitation—and today. It might be good for billionaires, but the policies that allow extreme wealth concentration are bad for everyone else.

"As we consider the multitude of ways to address our nation’s loneliness crisis, we must have serious conversations about how we can better shape our built environment to enable extended networks of care," writes @hiappleseed. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/10/11/opi…