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Public Housing Awaits reparis
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State lawmakers and a U.S. agency decry a backlog that keeps many units vacant
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By: Honolulu Star Bulletin - 3/29/2005 - 03/28/2005 |
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Letter to The Honolulu Advertiser (4/24/04)
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Dear Editor:
Thank you for your article on Thursday April 15, 2004, titled “Refinancing scams often grow in scope as interest rates rise.” The ...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/23/2004 |
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Legal Aid Warns "Buyer Beware" (7/12/2002)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thanks to a recent grant from the Baldwin Memorial Foundation for $2,500, the Legal Aid Society of Hawai...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Center for Equal Justice Third Anniversary (11/1/2002)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii’s Center for Equal Justice (CEJ) celebrates its third anniversar...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Legal Aid Noted As A Key Justice-Related Organization in Hawai`i (1/16/2003)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
In August, 2002, Ward Research prepared a report for the Hawaii Justice Foundation with the overall th...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Legal Aid Society Wins Suit Against Spending Restrictions (2/20/1997)
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Legal Aid Society of Hawaii scored a landmark victory in court when U.S. District Judge Alan Kay blocked an attempt by Congress to dictate how legal s...
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 04/19/2004 |
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Hall for Justice (11/10/1999)
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The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii's new home, the Centerfor Equal Justice at 924 Bethel St., gets a round of applausebelow, at yesterday's grand opening. Above, Tara Dinman, 4,left, and Nicola Geminiani, 7, are dwarfed by bookcasesat the center, Hawaii's first self-help legal center for the poor.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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Local Programs Get Funds from AmeriCorps (5/8/2001)
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The AmeriCorps State Competitive Grants Program has awarded more than $800,000 to fund two local programs.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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Legal Aid Society to Use Grant on High-Tech Solutions (8/25/2000)
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Legal Services Corp. will award a $460,000 special grant to Legal Aid Society of of Hawaii.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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 Education
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Charter Schools Win Increase (3/29/2002)
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The state yesterday increased its allocations for Hawai'i's struggling charter schools by almost 20 percent per student.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 06/03/2002 |
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 Family and Juvenile
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Success on Kauai Means Expansion for Legal Aid’s “Teen Parents & The Law” Project
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CONTACT: David Wallace, Director of Development & Communications
PHONE: ...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawaiii - 09/13/2006 |
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Legal Aid Attorney Wins Prestigious Award (5/3/2002)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i attorney, Elizabeth Croom, recently received the...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Legal Aid Launches Innovative Program (3/29/2004)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii has begun recruiting for a new project aimed at increasing acces...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/19/2004 |
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Legal Aid Group Targets Needy (3/31/2004)
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The Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i is recruiting attorneys and volunteers for a Partnership in Pro Bono project.
Partnership in Pro Bono will link at...
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By: The Honolulu Advertiser - 04/19/2004 |
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Lieutenant Governor Duke Aiona and the Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i Help Hawai`i's Needy Children (4/7/2004)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lieutenant Governor Duke Aiona will bring Easter cheer to many children this Easter season. On Wednesday...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/19/2004 |
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Free Legal Help Made Available for Needy (3/22/2000)
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People involved in a divorce, child custody, child support or alimony case and who cannot afford an attorney can now get free legal help thanks to the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and Family Court.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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 Housing
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HOMELESS SITUATION IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM
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Homelessness is a symptom of a community under constant stress and near exhaustion. The pain, anger, confusion and divisiveness expressed at the recent meeting are clear signs that our "social levees" are at a bursting point.
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By: The Honolulu Advertiser - 09/13/2006 |
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Voucher policy is break for renters
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The state has stopped automatically suspending rental subsidies for low-income tenants when landlords allege damage to a property — substantiated or not.
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By: The Honolulu Advertiser - 09/13/2006 |
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Legal Aid’s Housing/Section 8 Advocacy Helps the Homeless
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CONTACT: David Wallace, Director of Development & Communications
PHONE: ...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawaii - 09/13/2006 |
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Honolulu Housing Discrimination Complaint Settled for $6960
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CONTACT: David Wallace, Director of Development & Communications
PHONE: &nbs...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawaii - 09/13/2006 |
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Resident evicted over
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The 72-year-old will be evicted July 15 from a Waimanalo low-income
housing complex for native Hawaiian seniors where she pays $299 a month in
rent, nearly half of her $682 monthly income, after she chose to take in
her 11-year-old great-granddaughter, Kehealani.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/13/2005 |
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City to cap waitlist for rent subsidies
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The city will no longer accpet applications for Setion 8 housing
assistance, as there is already a 10-year wait for existing applicants.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 05/20/2005 |
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You're Liable Until Your Lease Expires
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What are a tenants rights when the want to break their lease agreement?
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 05/20/2005 |
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Money for court, harbor upgrades added to budget
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Two big-items that were in jeaopardy - a Kapolei court complex and harbour
improvments for the super-ferry - will get money in the state's budget,
House and Senate negotiators decided last night.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 04/26/2005 |
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Hawaiian Homes renter stays put
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judicial drama yesterday that started with angry yelling ended with happy
tears from a community leader in a Hawaiian Homes rental subdivision who
prevailed over a suit to evict him from his Kapolei home.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 11/22/2004 |
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Homeless solution is moving forward
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The governor's commitment to developing 17,000 affordable rental-housing units in six years will radically alter the lives of many people who are currently homeless, and those who are precariously housed.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 08/10/2004 |
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Kauai gets land for first homeless shelter
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Kauai County has acquired land for the island's first homeless shelter, but the facility is at least a year and a half away from opening.
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By: Honolulu Star Bulletin - 08/10/2004 |
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Homeless center at risk (6/1/04)
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The centerpiece of the city's effort to address homelessness in Honolulu is all but dead, leaving the administration without a backup plan and few options but to start all over.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 06/01/2004 |
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Tenants Sue for Utility Allowance (5/15/2004)
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HILO, Hawai'i — Lawyers for tenants in public housing projects across the state have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court alleging the state failed to give residents of up to 2,800 housing units the full monthly utility allowance they are entitled to receive under federal law.
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By: The Honolulu Advertiser - 05/17/2004 |
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Micronesians Cut From Legal Aid (5/2/2004)
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A rules technicality leaves free legal help out of publicservices available to them
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 05/04/2004 |
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Landlord Tactics Anger Tenants (4/29/2004)
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Residents of a Kapolei rental project built for low-income Native Hawaiians have accused their landlord of harassment. They are especially angered by the use of surveillance cameras, overnight checks of license plate numbers and demands that their photos be kept on file.
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By: The Honolulu Advertiser - 04/29/2004 |
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Legal Aid Will Investigate Housing Discrimination (1/18/2002)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii recently secured a federal grant to investigate claims of housing disc...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Legal Aid Assists Section 8 Recipients With Housing Search (3/4/2003)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Legal Aid Society of Hawai’i, the largest and oldest nonprofit law firm in the state, announces a ...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Legal Aid Builds Awareness on Housing Discrimination (12/15/2003)
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"Housing Discrimination is much more prevalent in Hawaii`i than people like to believe," says Nalani Fujimori, Fair Housing Education and Outreach Dir...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Have You Faced a Closed Door? Fair Housing: It's not an option! It's the law! (12/11/2003)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Housing discrimination is one of the most under-reported issues today, yet fair housing is one of the mo...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Free Fair Housing Training Offered to Social Service and Housing Providers (1/20/2004)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii`i Fair Housing Education and Outreach Project will be conducting a Fair Hous...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Housing Laws to be Addressed (4/18/2004)
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A series of free Fair Housing workshops will be conducted beginning tomorrow.
The workshops are sponsored by the state Housing and Community Dev...
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By: The Honolulu Advertiser - 04/19/2004 |
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Legal Aid Focuses on Fair Housing Awareness in April (4/2/2004)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i Fair Housing Education and Outreach Project held an in-house Keiki Art Cont...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/19/2004 |
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Section 8 Housing Agreements Are About to Expire, and Could Leave Residents Without Affordable Homes (4/20/1999)
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Shao Qun Lin, her fingers crippled with arthritis, can earn only about $200 a month as a dishwasher, and receives some $400 in various government benefits.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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Some Property Owners Appear to Be Laying the Groundwork to Break Free of Rent-Cap Restrictions (4/21/1999)
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Management companies of the Maunakea Tower and McCully Circle apartments say they have no intention of getting rid of their Section 8 tenants.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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D.C. Speakers Will Address a Save Our Homes Parley (11/8/1999)
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About 150 residents of federally subsidized rental housing will convene at the state Capitol on Wednesday to learn how to avoid losing their units.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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Section 8 Advocates Score Two Wins, Aim for More (4/21/2000)
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Section 8 tenants of two Honolulu apartment complexes will be able to stay in place for at least five more years, but affordable renting advocates say their fight continues.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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A Blessing Today at the Apartments Hails a New Owner and a Pledge to Stay Affordable for 35 Years (8/25/2000)
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When Flora Miu speaks today at the Maunakea Tower Apartments blessing in Chinatown, the brevity of her remarks won't reflect the long hours she has devoted to preserving affordable housing at the complex.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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Grant to Legal Aid to Fight Housing Discrimination (2/11/2002)
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The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii recently secured a federal grant to investigate claims of housing discrimination. Services are free and available statewide.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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Tenants Ensure Right to Organize (2/16/2002)
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KANE'OHE — Residents of a city-owned apartment building for low-income people have affirmed their right to organize a tenants association and file formal grievances, under a settlement finalized yesterday.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 06/03/2002 |
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 Individual Rights
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Legal Aid Society of Hawaii’s Kauai Office Hosts Opening for its New Center for Equal Justice
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CONTACT: Emiko Ryan, Americorps Attorney
PHONE: 24...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawaii - 09/13/2006 |
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Legal Aid Society of Hawaii Selects Chuck Greenfield as Executive Director
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CONTACT: David Wallace, Director of Development & Communications
PHONE: ...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawaii - 09/13/2006 |
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Hundreds of Families Could Lose Rent Aid
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Hundreds of Hawai'i's poorest families will not receive federal subsidies to help pay their rent or could have their aid reduced this year, state housing officials said.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 02/09/2005 |
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Panel: Some poor don't receive adequate legal representation
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 40 years after a Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed lawyers for defendants who can't afford them, some people are still without adequate legal representation in criminal cases, according to a new committee formed to address the problem.
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By: CNN - 06/22/2004 |
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New law targets squatters (5/30/04)
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Hawai'i has adopted one of the nation's severest penalties to discourage people from living on public property, raising objections among advocates for the homeless and questions about whether the law can be enforced.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 06/01/2004 |
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 Public Benefits
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Confusion Over New Medicare Prescription Plan Leads to Seniors Being Denied Medication
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CONTACT: David Wallace, Director of Development & Communications
PHONE: 527...
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By: Legal Aid Society - 09/13/2006 |
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Legal Aid Society still fighting for rights of poor, after 55 years
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No one knows how many folks have been rescued by the Legal Aid Society of
Hawai'i, but their numbers are legion. For more than half a century, the
organization has been fighting for the rights of those that can't afford
an attorney.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 12/01/2004 |
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Social Security Gets 2.7 Percent Boost
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More than 47 million Americans receiving Social Security will get a 2.7 percent increase -- an extra $25, on average -- in their monthly checks next year, but much of the increase will be eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.
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By: Associated Press - 10/19/2004 |
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Lt. Governor & Legal Aid Announce New Community Partnership (3/4/2003)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lieutenant Governor James R. Aiona, Jr. will assist the Legal Aid Society of Hawai’i, the largest an...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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HMSA Grant to Fund Legal Aid Project (6/26/2003)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i has received $10,000 grant from HMSA to continue “Ku`ikahi Enehana: A Par...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Dept. of Human Services Sued Over Aid Reduction (11/30/1998)
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A Supreme Court decision that invalidated the rules used by the state Department of Human Services to determine cash assistance to disabled people has...
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By: Honolulu Star-Buletin - 04/19/2004 |
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Suit Seeks More Money for Disabled (12/1/1998)
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A Legal Aid Society complaint asks the state to bump such assistance back up to the $418 a month paid in 1996
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 04/19/2004 |
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Home Health Patient Says Service Cut Illegally (1/27/1999)
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Big Islander Nathan Morris has suffered two life-threatening incidents in five years, say attorneys Elizabeth Croom and David Simons.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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The Loss of Benefits Could Come as Early as Aug. 1 as a Result of New Procedures Proposed by the State (6/24/1999)
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Up to 6,000 Hawaii families could find themselves without welfare checks as early as Aug. 1 as a result of "full family sanctions" proposed by the state Department of Human Services.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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Legal Aid Cuts Through Disability Bureaucracy (9/16/2001)
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PATRICIA ADKINS was in constant pain. Her joints swelled. She easily tired.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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Self-Employment is an Option, but Logistics Make it Difficult (11/8/2001)
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Daphne Kaauamo and Kesia Rudolph are scared -- scared they won't be able to find a job to support their families, scared they won't be able to pay the rent.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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State Denies It’s Losing Its Due in Medicare (3/8/2002)
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A group lobbying for a state contract to pursue federal Medicare money claims Hawai'i may be missing out on at least $30 million a year because it is not going after reimbursements aggressively enough.
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By: Honolulu Advertiser - 06/03/2002 |
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 Seniors
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Legal Aid Offers Free Services to Seniors (9/10/2001)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"Many people on Maui don’t realize they are missing o...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Legal Aid Offers Low-Income Taxpayer Project (1/18/2002)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii offers a tax service called the Low-Income Taxpayer Project (LITC), wh...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Claim Your Tax Refund! (1/14/2003)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Many students miss out on receiving federal and state tax refunds because they fail to file their ta...
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By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu - 04/20/2004 |
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Last-Minute Isle Tax Filers Can Go to Several Places to Get Help (4/10/2000)
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PROCRASTINATORS take note: You have only one week left to delay the inevitable.
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By: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 06/03/2002 |
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