State Of Emergency Declared In Hawaii

Most governments' emergency proclamations are often due to natural disasters, but more recently they have been used to also address issues like homelessness. This past Friday, the governor of Hawaii (David Ige) signed an emergency announcement to help attack and hopefully remove homelessness in almost every county throughout the state. Out of about 1.4 million residents, Hawaii has around 7,620 homeless people, which is the highest rate of homelessness per capita in America. This homelessness is mostly due to the state's lack of shelter space. The state of emergency proclamation will allow the state $1.3 million to fund homeless services such as helping build permanent housing and transitional facilities for families, as well as the chronically homeless.

Gov. David Ige

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/17/us/hawaii-homeless-emergency/index.html