In 2015, the Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 7,620 people as homeless in Hawaii, whose population totals 1.4 million. At the same time, the city sent teams of social workers out to help the homeless move into shelters. Ms. Sullivan, 45, has been homeless for eight years since she got out of prison. “We had to go from the state side of the street to the city property,” said Brian Bowser, 36, who has been homeless since 1995. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBut these days, the homeless who had crowded large parts of this city are, to a considerable extent, gone.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2016 09:00 UTC