EDITORIAL: Clean up kauhale’s messy operations

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1. Fri, 9 October 2026

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   • thegardenisland.com10:00first to report
     EDITORIAL: Clean up kauhale’s messy operations

     A significant, necessary tightening of the state’s ambitious but financially sloppy kauhale homelessness initiative is underway, and not a moment too soon. Facing scathing scrutiny by the state auditor, the State Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions (SOHHS) has ordered vendor HomeAid Hawaii to quickly fix “recurring, systemic noncompliance issues” regarding payment invoices — and HomeAid CEO Kimo Carvalho says it has complied, including paying back thousands of dollars that was misspent.

   • thegardenisland.com10:04
     Audit slams ‘questionable’ spending for Hawaii’s pricey kauhale initiative

     More than $13.7 million in state payments for Gov. Josh Green’s signature kauhale homeless initiative were “unauthorized, unsupported or questionable,” according to the highly critical, long-awaited state audit of Hawaii’s oversight of kauhale construction.

   • fox10phoenix.com22:32
     Audit flags $13.7M in unauthorized spending on Hawaii homeless housing

     A detailed state audit shows Hawaii’s housing agency steered almost $14 million in improper and questionable expenses to a preferred contractor.