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- 1. HOMELESSNESS IN HAWAII ABISH MARTIN
- 2. When we think about Hawaii this is what we think of.
- 3. Or this
- 4. And this.
- 5. But for some of us, this is what Hawaii looks like.
- 6. In 2017, 7,220 people was counted as homeless in Hawaii, whose population totals 1.4 million. That’s the highest ratio in the nation. One of the reason is lack of affordable houses.
- 7. Tabatha Martin, 27, and her husband, Tracy. They became homeless when Tracy had a heart attack after working long hours as a kitchen manager. After exhausting their savings, they couldn't afford rent for their Pearl City apartment and wound up on the street.
- 8. Their daughter Thalia Martin, 4, lives on the streets in Kakaako with then.
- 9. I looked at what other areas have done to lower homelessness in their community. In Utah, they reduced the chronically homeless by 91%
- 10. Since 2005, Utah implemented a model known as Housing First which provides housing then focuses on their mental and addiction related issues. Instead of requiring progress on those issues before giving housings.
- 11. As a result, Utah reduced their chronically homeless from nearly 2,000 people in 2005, to fewer than 200 in 2015.
- 12. They estimated the price of one chronically homeless person to be between $30 000 to $50 000 per year in medical, expenses and jail time.
- 13. It is cheaper to provide housing and produces better results.
- 14. My solution is to provide a community with shipping containers housings for the homeless.
- 15. And on site, counseling and addiction services.
- 17. MAHALO