4. “One hundred and fifty years ago, the monster
began, this country had become a place of
industry. Factories grew on the landscape like
weeds. Trees fell, fields were up-ended, rivers
blackened. The sky choked on smoke and ash,
and the people did, too, spending their days
coughing and itching, their eyes turned forever
toward the ground. Villages grew into town,
towns into cities. And people began to
live on the earth rather than within it.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
5. Homelessness in Hawaii
State-wide, 12-15,000 people are homeless at
some point of the year.
At least 6,300 are homeless at any given day.
Island wide:
• 33% of those living without housing
are children.
• 33% of the homeless are of Native
Hawaiian ethnicity.
• 8% of those homeless are veterans.
• Hawaii County had the highest
proportion of first-time homeless
clients at 51%.
• The number of homeless has increased
68% since 2013, from 557 to 1,394.
