Homeless in Hawaii
For help paying past due Rent and Utilities
or paying past due utility bills, paying past due rent, paying first months rent or Security deposit and other essentials.
Need Assistance with your Rent fill out Institute for Human Services (I.H.S) Online Application
https://ihshawaii.org/services/housing-program/
Click here for a list of non-profit organizations that pay past due rent and other help like paying past due utility bills (i.e. water, electric or gas); On the list that help with eviction is help paying past due rent or to pay security deposit; first month's rent or other essentials.
1. YWCA
Give a copy of eviction notice or late bill and they will help you pay your late rent and late utility bills.
YWCA in Oahu
LANIĀKEA
808-538-7061
KOKOKAHI
808-247-2124
FERNHURST
808-941-2231
HCAP (Honolulu Assistance Community Program): (808) 841-5565
Hope Services Hawaii inc: Call (808) 933-6062
2. Kalihi-Palama Homeless Prevention & Rapid Re-housing -
https://www.kphc.org/patient-care/healthcare-homeless/ non-profit may be able to provide temporary grants and financial assistance for housing issues. Honolulu County families can get help with housing relocation and stabilization services. Assistance and resources are focused on stabilization, referrals, and help create a plan for self-sufficiency.
-Any type of financial assistance is limited to short-term and medium-term rent payment assistance with past due rent, motel/hotel vouchers, money for security deposits or first month's rent, utility bill assistance for past due utility bills, and maybe even moving expenses. Address is 904 Kohou Street #307, or phone them at (808) 791-4545 or (808) 791-6370.
https://helpinghandshawaii.org/
The Community Clearinghouse is another program run by Helping Hands, and it receives and donates to the public furniture, household items, clothing, and canned / dry food goods. To get a voucher also called an appointment, call your insurance provider on your medical insurance card ask for a social worker or case manager they are also called coordinators or health care coordinator to get an appointment. Or call 808-832-3100 they will give you a mental health case manager to call salvation army and get you a voucher also called an appointment when you can stop by and get clothes or furniture, for the furniture you have to bring your own van, you can use U-Haul $19.99 a day to rent a van.
phone (808) 440-3811
-Offers an emergency assistance program. Aid is only offered for people facing imminent eviction help paying past due rent, or who are currently homeless. Funds may also be offered if you are faced with a disconnection of your utilities and past due utilities. Get help paying for first months or Security deposit, or utility deposits, including gas and electric. Also get help in apply for benefits, such as apply online for benefits such as SNAP here, from the Department of Human Services. Click more details. 808-526-7234 or email hhh@helpinghandshawaii.org.
4. Catholic Charities Hawaii - Will have limited financial assistance in an emergency, and as a last resort. However, the main service they provide is Intake, Information and Referral to state of Hawaii and federal government assistance programs. They have Transitional housing, section 8, LIHEAP, food stamps online application, and many other social services. (808) 521-4357. Or click here for more details on section 8 housing vouchers.
5. The Salvation Army:
The Salvation Army Community Assistance Center located at 296 N Vineyard Blvd. Honolulu, HI 96817 offers short-term financial assistance for paying rent or utility bills as well as security deposit or help on first month's rent.
If your landlord has given you a letter that you will soon be evicted. Give the letter to YWCA where they will need that letter as verification that you need financial help. Just call them and they will need the letter, then they will help you pay for your rent.
The Salvation Army Community Assistance Center
296 N Vineyard Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96817
Open Hours: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Monday - Friday
Open Hours: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday
(808) 841-5565
-Salvation Army also has Thrift Store vouchers like the Helping Hands Community Clearing House,
-Other emergency assistance can pay for financial needs including rental assistance help paying past due rent, past due utilities, first month's rent or Security deposit, help finding housing, food, and holiday meals and gifts. Workshops and advice on money management and nutrition is offered.
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(808) 841-5565
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(808) 877-3042
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Other assistance is available too. Read more Honolulu Salvation Army assistance programs.
6. Institute for Human (IHS) Services: meals, housing, health services, IHS, Offers assistance for the homeless. Can provide meals, housing (Housing First), and health services. Also offers individualized advice and case management with referrals for free legal services, literacy, and computer and job training. Qualified individuals, families with children can get help paying for utility deposit and first month's rent or security deposits.
Call (808) 447-2800 for intake.
7. Waimanalo Health Center: 808-954-7126; Priority of Windward Oahu households.
8. Alternative Structures International: 808-940-1238; If homeless must be referred to through Case Managment some phone numbers via area here, sometimes they call a case manager or social worker "CES". Or call 988 or (808) 832-3100 (Hawaii Cares at https://hicares.hawaii.gov)you can ask about Shelter Plus Care that will pay for your rent if you are disabled and can't go to work due to well, i have social anxiety and sometimes I have Panic attacks and I take Paxil, I pay $38.00 for rent and income is from applying online for General Assistance (you can get G.A or General Assistance if you have a Mental Disabilities) and also Social Security Disabilities, General assistance will stop when SSDI or Social Security Disabilities kicks in, within 6 months. have telehealth appointments with my psychiatrist I got by applying online to Medicaid (MedQuest in Hawaii)
9. Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement: 808-596-8155; Must be Native Hawaiian
10. Alu Ike: 808-535-6700 option 5; Must be Native Hawaiian
11. U.S Vets: 808-384-7422 (for families); Ask for Housing First Referral and Must be a family with minor children or a Veteran household.
808-782-0486 (for Veterans)
12. Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Pearl Harbor provide assistance to active members of the military and veterans. May have emergency financial aid, including information on federal government programs, for expenses such as utilities, transportation, funeral expenses, medical bills, food, and rent. Also, may have a thrift store, offer student loans, and referrals to civilian agencies in Hawaii. (808) 473-0282