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Can Someone Please Turn These !*#@#&! Lights Off? Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat

Can Someone Please Turn These !*#@#&! Lights Off?

The Ritz-Carlton’s ocean-facing skyscrapers are glaring bright all night, every night. Try living next to one.

No One Is Speaking Up For Hawaii’s Renters Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

No One Is Speaking Up For Hawaii’s Renters

There is no organization dedicated to advocating for the rights of tenants, and a new study finds they lose nearly every eviction case.

Danny De Gracia: Why Hawaii Will Never Solve The Housing Crisis Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Danny De Gracia: Why Hawaii Will Never Solve The Housing Crisis

Normal supply and demand conditions don’t apply in a place where so many wealthy outsiders are willing to enter the market.

Honolulu’s Secret Home Buyers Must Now Reveal Their Identities Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Honolulu’s Secret Home Buyers Must Now Reveal Their Identities

New federal rules aimed at cracking down on criminal activity require that shell companies paying all cash for homes report their owners.

Looking To Singapore For Answers To Honolulu’s Housing Crisis Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Looking To Singapore For Answers To Honolulu’s Housing Crisis

A state senator, inspired by the island nation’s program, wants to build massive amounts of public housing that residents could purchase.

10 Family Members, 4 Bedrooms And ‘A Dream To Have Your Own Place’ Anita Hofschneider/Civil Beat

10 Family Members, 4 Bedrooms And ‘A Dream To Have Your Own Place’

Living with multiple generations is a way of life in Hawaii that Jowenna Ellazar embraces. But like many others, she has few options in a city where the median home price hovers around $800,000.

Why The State Wants To Build This Ala Moana High-Rise Above A Shelter Courtesy of HHFDC

Why The State Wants To Build This Ala Moana High-Rise Above A Shelter

Unlike the luxury condo towers rising nearby, all 200 units in the complex would be affordable housing. It’s considered a model for future use of state-owned land.

Denby Fawcett: Time To Cut Honolulu’s Monster Houses Down To Size Christine Otto Zaa

Denby Fawcett: Time To Cut Honolulu’s Monster Houses Down To Size

Members of an advisory task force are already criticizing the planning department’s regulations for not going far enough.

New Report Reveals Hawaii’s Not-So-Booming Economy Getty Images/iStockphoto

New Report Reveals Hawaii’s Not-So-Booming Economy

A declining population and weak increases in personal income have helped keep a lid on inflation in Honolulu, economists say.

How Caldwell’s Airbnb Bill Could Ease Honolulu’s Housing Crunch

How Caldwell’s Airbnb Bill Could Ease Honolulu’s Housing Crunch

The mayor would crack down on absentee owners who rent entire houses to tourists, but allow anyone to rent out a room in their home.