Why Can’t Hawaiians Afford To Live In Hawaii?

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When people say that "homelessness is not a personal failure, it's an institutional failure," this is what they mean.

Unbelievable.....yet historically believable and true. This is why countries like the Philippines and Thailand don't allow non-locals to own land.

“This is Māuʻi! It’s not like you can drive to another island!” That breaks my heart, and why I had to leave.

As an Asian-American born and raised on the mainland, I feel so much sadness for the native Hawaiians. I didn’t even learn the depth of Hawaii’s history in school. It was not until I was an adult that I learn the true, unfiltered history of Hawaii. It’s just so sad what has happened and what is happening.

I’m born and raised in Hawaii and it hurts that more people I know and grew up with can’t live here anymore. Hawaii isn’t Hawaii without its local people.

This is horrible… It is their home, their land. And they’re getting pushed out. Justice for Native Hawaiians.

This is not just a Hawaiian problem it's happening all over the world with all different cultures.

I moved to hawaii with my roommate at 18, less then one year later my best friend and I need to leave the island because prices here are astronomical and wages are less then 12 an hour. Our apartment is a closet sized room and we can not even afford that. Unfortunately many Hawaiians are just forced out or forced to turn to government help and it’s so sad.

I was fortunate to visit Hawaii once and I’ll never go again. It’s extremely hard to be served by native people and see them living in poverty and enjoy a vacation. This is a conversation that needs a lot more attention and I appreciate this video

As a Puerto Rican I feel this heavily. It’s happening to our people as well. It’s ridiculous and very sad.

She was my tour guide in 2015 on vacation in Maui....very sad to see this happen..

Born and raised in the islands. Still live here. I consider myself a pretty level headed and hardworking guy but this is truly what’s happening here. I have a little Hawaiian in my blood and have many friends that are nearly 90% or more hawaiian blood in them. Trust me when I say this. Even the so called “Hawaiian” organizations are entangled in the greediness of the whole circle of corruption. Seen it and have even close relatives that’s involved. Hard to take in but it’s true. MONEY TALKS. I’ve been to Tahiti back in the early 2000’s and that trip made me and my wife tear up. All the locals were pushed away from the coastlines and live in poverty in the countryside’s/mountainous areas. Million dollar homes popping up all over the place. That trip opened our eyes because that outcome that we witnessed was exactly what was happening to our home back in Hawaii. Fast forward to 2022. It’s here and it’s really bad. We are fortunate to own our home and some properties. We’ve been saving up for so many years to prepare ourselves for this crap. Sacrificed alot during our younger years to buy property while in our early 20’s then bought our 1st home 7yrs later. In this present day, the value of real estate has tripled even quadrupled in the past 3 yrs. Even with what we have and working our asses off, we still struggling. The rich and wealthy don’t give a dam. It’s me me me, take take take…… My thoughts and hopes for all who try their best to make it in this place we call home. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😔

As an indigenous person, I stand with my Polynesian brothers and sisters ✊🏽

As a Cherokee man must I remind you of the trail of tears. What we allow to happen to some will eventually happen to all, we must stand up for each other we are all we got!

Everything is so expensive today. It is sad. I wish everyone blessings and peace.

Real Native Hawaiians should only pay a fraction of what anyone else does to live there. Should be a huge discount on everything.

It's very disheartening The natives deserve to have a home on their own land Justice for native Hawaiians

This makes me so angry and just disgusted! As an American, I’m ashamed of how the government treats the natives!!! It’s THEIR land!!! Not one single native should EVER be homeless. Why isn’t this all over the media!!! We need to bring awareness to this!

This is heartbreaking. I will be moving to Hawai’i this fall to begin my master’s degree. It’s devastating to see that essential redlining and genocide is not just present in my own city with my own people, but people all over the U.S. and the world. Thank you for sharing.