Mayor’s Representative: Ben Sullivan, Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency�Commission Staff: Spencer Johnson

Ala Moana-Kakaʻako Neighborhood Board No.11

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Chair Kathleen Lee

Sheltered or Unsheltered Decision

Crisis Stabilization

Temporary Shelters

Transitional Housing

Permanent Supportive Housing

Community Building Affordable Housing

• Traditional (Martin vs. Boise)
• Prosecution/Diversion
• CORE
• HONU
• Coordinated CORE-HONU
• SUDA-fast
• Sanitation & Outreach
• Community Building Transitional Housing (Villages)
• Active Provider and Case Management
• Punawai Rest Stop
• WorkHawaii
• Community Outreach Court

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• CORE
• Waikiki Beachside (after quarantine)
• Funded Treatment Centers
• IHS HTAT Homeless Triage and Transfer Center
• CORE Medical Respite

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Mental Health, Alcohol & Substance Abuse

• CORE within a State Oahu Network
• Waikiki Beachside (after quarantine)
• Weed & Seed
• State & City Funded Treatment Providers
• SUDA-fast

• City Funded Shelters – 9
• HONU
• Coordinated CORE – HONU
• H4 Medical Respite
• Community Outreach Court

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• Community Building Villages
• CBDG Acquisitions (360 California & Hau`ula Property)

• Acquisition – Waikiki Vista
• PAB/Multi-family Rental Housing
• Permitting (Bill 1)
• Supportive Acquisition – Waikiki Vista

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• Rent Relief
• Emergency Relief Vouchers (312)
• Work to Rent
• Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (4,000+)
• VASH
• Oahu Housing Now Vouchers

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Homeless Strategy Deployment

2023

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Coordination to Partnership

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Hawaii State Dept. of Health

Office of the Governor’s Coordinator on Homelessness

Adult Mental Health Service Homeless Programs Dept.

Dept. of Land & Natural Resources

Affordable Housing

Partners in Care

Service Providers &

Case Management

• Partners In Care
• O'ahu Continuum of Care

• POINT IN TIME

• COUNT 2023

• COMPREHENSIVE REPORT

• Updated: 5-11-2023

• MAIN FINDINGS

• 4,028
• people experiencing homelessness �on O‘ahu on the night of January 22, 2023

• Total PIT Count

• +2%

• Change from 2022 - 2023

• Unsheltered Count Sheltered Count

• +0.4%

• +4%

• 59%
• Unsheltered
• 2,365 individuals were staying on �the streets or other places not �meant for human habitation

• The data suggests that the number of people in the PIT Count peaked in 2017 and began decreasing in 2018 �before increasing slightly from 2022 to 2023. In 2018, the number of unsheltered bypassed the number of �sheltered for the first time. The unsheltered numbers increased significantly in 2019 and then decreased �slightly in 2020 and has somewhat stabilized in the last couple of counts.
• TOTAL PIT COUNT BY YEAR, 2010 - 2023

• 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021* 2022 2023
• * The 2021 Unsheltered PIT Count was cancelled due to COVID-1 9.

• Emergency Shelter (ES): Short-term accommodations providing shelter to individuals and families. Transitional Housing (TH): Mid-term accommodations, designed to provide housing and supportive services to clients to facilitate movement to independent living. Safe Haven (SH): A form of supportive housing that serves hard-to-reach homeless persons with severe mental illness (O‘ahu does not currently have any HUD funded Safe Havens). Mental Health Kokua began a Safe Haven (Puʻuhonua) on O'ahu in 1995. In 2016, it was re-categorized as a Permanent Supportive Housing Program under HUD’s definition. Vet Safe Haven (Vet SH): A VA funded program that serves hard-to-reach homeless persons with severe mental illness (this is separate to HUD funded Safe Havens).

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• Legend

• Sheltered

• Total PIT Unsheltered

• 4,171

• 4,712

• 4,903

• 4,940

• 4,959

• 3,951

• 4,028

• 4,234

• 4,353

• 4,556

• 4,495

• 4,417

• 4,448

• 3,000

• 2,000

• 1,000

• 2,797

• 1,374

• 2,912

• 1,322

• 3,035

• 1,318

• 3,091

• 1,465

• 3,079

• 1,633

• 2,964

• 1,939

• 2,767

• 2,173

• 2,635

• 2,324

• 2,403

• 2,014

• 1,853

• 2,355

• 1,596

• 2,365

• 1,663

• 2,350

• 2,346

• 2,145

• 2,102

• 0

• 5,000

• 4,000

Shelter Bed Analysis

Kim Coco Iwamoto has repeatedly asked some version of the following:

Temporary Shelter Beds Ratio: A resident requested information on the ratio of the number of temporary shelter beds on Oahu to the number of unsheltered individuals, and whether this ratio, or the number of beds, has changed since January 2021.

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• UNSHELTERED POPULATION

• This section examines the characteristics of the 2,365 individuals in 1,852 households counted in the �unsheltered 2023 PIT Count, including 2,277 adults, 6 unaccompanied minors, and 82 keiki.

• 2023 Unsheltered Population (2,365)

• A slight majority of individuals counted in 2023 were observed (51%) as compared to those surveyed (49%).
• The overall unsheltered population number has plateaued over the past 5 years.

• Unsheltered Percent of Total PIT, Change over �Time, 2015-2023

• Unsheltered

• Sheltered

• Legend

• 60%

• 60%

• 59%

• 60%

• 56%

• 53%

• 52%

• 54%

• 53%

• 44%

• 47%

• 48%

• 46%

• 47%

• 40%

• 40%

• 41%

• 20%

• 0%

• 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

• 40%

• 49%
• (1,161) Surveys

• 51%
• (1,204) �Observations

• Prior to 2020, the Unsheltered Count consisted of a survey conducted over multiple days. Since 2020, the Unsheltered
• Count has included surveys and observations conducted on one day.
• ^*The 2021 Unsheltered PIT Count was canceled due to COVID-1 9.

• Percent of Total O‘ahu Unsheltered Population by Region (2,365)

• Region 6

• 27%

• 630 Individuals

• Region 3

• Region 4

• 7%
• 170 Individuals

• 6%
• 152 Individuals 2%
• 54 Individuals

• Region 5

• Region 7

• Region 1

• 13%
• 301 Individuals

• 22%

• 530 Individuals 22%
• 528 Individuals

• Region 2

• Region 7 (Waiʻanae) has the largest percentage of the unsheltered population at 27%. This region saw an 18% increase over the 2022 count.
• Region 1 (Downtown Honolulu, Kalihi, Nu‘uanu) and Region 2 (East Honolulu) have the second largest percentages of the unsheltered population with 22% each.

• Region 6 (Windward) has the island's smallest unsheltered population at 2%; followed by Region 5 at 6% and Region 4 at 7%.

• ^*All percentages are approximates - for exact number responses to questions please see the appendices.

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• REGION 1 : DOWNTOWN HONOLULU, K A L I H I , N U ‘ U A N U

• Region 1 and 2 each have 22% of the 2nd largest percentages of the 2023 unsheltered population This region �also has the largest percentage of Veterans. There has been a decrease in the population of Region 1 since 2020 �while other regions have seen an increase.

• * American Indian, Alaska Native, or Indigenous * Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

• TG/GNC/Other: Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming or Other Gender not specified

• Legend

• Region 1

• Total Unsheltered

• Includes all surveyed and observed individuals in Region 1

• Race
• Gender Region 1 Racial Percentages Compared to Individuals by Household Type

• Total Unsheltered Population

• 7%
• Unknown (38)

• 2%

• TG/GNC/Other (13)

• 67%
• Man/Boy (354)

• 24%
• Woman/Girl (125)

• 1% �Adults with �Keiki (3)

• 79% Single Adults
• (430)

• 20% �Multi-Adult �Household (106)

• <1%
• Unaccompanied Minor (1)

• <1% Keiki (3)

• Number of Unsheltered Individuals Over Time, Region 1

• 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021^* 2022 2023
• ^*All percentages are approximates - for exact number responses to questions please see the appendices.

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• 448 (34%)

• 500

• 750

• 609 (42%)

• 598 (37%)

• 743 (38%)

• 576 (28%)

• 639 (27%)

• 739 (32%) 621 (26%)

• 622 (26%)

• 509 (24%)

• 403 (31%)

• 530 (22%)

• 394 (29%)

• * The 2021 Unsheltered PIT Count was canceled due to COVID-19.

• 0

• 250

• REGION 2: EAST HONOLULU

• Region 2 has the second largest population of unsheltered NHPI individuals this year. In the 2022 PIT Count, they �had the smallest population of NHPI by percentage. This region has the highest percentage of Single Adult �households. It has seen a sharp increase in its share of the unsheltered population in recent years, with a 71% �increase since 2019, this may be in part due to the migration of individuals from downtown.

• Includes all surveyed and observed individuals in Region 2

• Race Gender Individuals by Household Type
• Region 2 Racial Percentages Compared to �Total Unsheltered Population

• 69%
• Single Adults
• (366)

• <1%
• Unaccompanied Minors (1)

• 1%
• Adult(s) with Keiki (5)

• 1%
• Keiki (4)

• 29%
• Multi-Adult �Household (152)

• 58%
• Man/Boy (307)

• 28%

• Woman/Girl (147)

• 13%

• Unknown (66)

• 2%

• TG/GNC/Other (8)

• TG/GNC/Other: Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming or Other Gender not specified

• * American Indian, Alaska Native, or Indigenous * Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

• Number of Unsheltered Individuals Over Time, Region 2

• 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021^* 2022 2023
• ^*All percentages are approximates - for exact number responses to questions please see the appendices.

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• 309 (13%)

• 326 (14%)

• 200

• 235 (18%)

• 263 (18%)

• 600

• 427 (20%)

• 575 (24%)

• 528 (22%)

• 400

• 307 (22%)

• 321 (20%)

• 333 (16%)

• * The 2021 Unsheltered PIT Count was canceled due to COVID-19.

• 0

• 367 (19%)

• 304 (23%)

• 424 (18%)

Sheltered or Unsheltered Decision

Crisis Stabilization

Temporary Shelters

Transitional Housing

Permanent Supportive Housing

Community Building Affordable Housing

• Traditional (Martin vs. Boise)
• Prosecution/Diversion
• CORE
• HONU
• Coordinated CORE-HONU
• SUDA-fast
• Sanitation & Outreach
• Community Building Transitional Housing (Villages)
• Active Provider and Case Management
• Punawai Rest Stop
• WorkHawaii
• Community Outreach Court

​

• CORE
• Waikiki Beachside (after quarantine)
• Funded Treatment Centers
• IHS HTAT Homeless Triage and Transfer Center
• CORE Medical Respite

​

Mental Health, Alcohol & Substance Abuse

• CORE within a State Oahu Network
• Waikiki Beachside (after quarantine)
• Weed & Seed
• State & City Funded Treatment Providers
• SUDA-fast

• City Funded Shelters – 9
• HONU
• Coordinated CORE – HONU
• H4 Medical Respite
• Community Outreach Court

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• Community Building Villages
• CBDG Acquisitions (360 California & Hau`ula Property)

• Acquisition – Waikiki Vista
• PAB/Multi-family Rental Housing
• Permitting (Bill 1)
• Supportive Acquisition – Waikiki Vista

​

• Rent Relief
• Emergency Relief Vouchers (312)
• Work to Rent
• Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (4,000+)
• VASH
• Oahu Housing Now Vouchers

​

​

Homeless Strategy Deployment

2023

​

Coordination to Partnership

​

Hawaii State Dept. of Health

Office of the Governor’s Coordinator on Homelessness

Adult Mental Health Service Homeless Programs Dept.

Dept. of Land & Natural Resources

Affordable Housing

Partners in Care

Service Providers &

Case Management