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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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