#veterans affairs

Veterans Affairs houses largest number of homeless veterans in 7 years

Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System helped house 459 veterans locally during fiscal year 2025.

UHERO report: Increase in construction lawsuits are factor in spike in housing costs

“Housing affordability in Hawaiʻi is already a serious challenge. As lawsuits become more frequent and larger in scale, they add financial uncertainty for developers, insurers and homebuyers alike.” — Trey Gordner, report lead author and a policy researcher at University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization.

VA representatives will aid Kauaʻi veterans in applying for expanded benefits next month

The new PACT Act lists more than 20 illnesses veterans could have contracted following toxic exposure and automatically presumes their service caused those illnesses.