Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness
Scott Morishige, Chair
Despite the perception that the issue of homelessness can never be solved, we actually
know what works: permanent supportive housing, or in other words, housing with wrap-around professional support services that include mental health and addiction programs. Now that this has been firmly established here in Hawaii and across the nation, we know there is no shortcut to addressing the unsheltered homeless who are living on our streets and other public spaces. Most of those who remain in places unfit for human habitation are very ill and need both …