Kahumana

10/05/2022

Alternative Structures International (dba Kahumana) manages four out of the eleven sites mentioned in this report!

Non-traditional housing projects employ alternative design or construction elements to significantly reduce overall development time and cost when compared to traditional construction.

This report surveyed 11 non-traditional housing projects for people exiting homelessness, including modular and prefabricated units, tiny homes and micro units, and repurposed or converted structures for residential occupancy.

Key takeaways and recommendations for future projects are discussed.

To read the full report, visit:https://homelessness.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Non-Traditional-Housing-for-People-Exiting-Homelessness-FINAL-9-15-22-Rev.pdf

This report was prepared by Lindsay Apperson, MPP Candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, through the Joint Center for Housing Studies’ Housing and Community Development Fellowship. Support was provided by Emma Grochowsky, Special Assistant in the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions.

We’d like to thank all those involved in the development and management of the projects surveyed for this report. We appreciate the information shared to inform the findings of this report, and your commitment to ending homelessness in Hawaiʻi.

Special thanks to Achieve Zero, Alternative Structures International (ASI), Honolulu City & County, Department of Community Services, Corporation For Supportive Housing, County of Hawaiʻi, Office of Housing and Community Development, County of Kaua'i, Kaua‘i County Housing Agency, County of Maui, Department of Housing and Human Concerns, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, HomeAid Hawaii, HOPE Services Hawaii, Inc., IHS, The Institute for Human Services, Inc. (IHS), I-ON Group, Mockingbird Tiny Homes, RYSE: Residential Youth Services & Empowerment, U.S.VETS - Hawaiʻi, and Women In Need WIN

Link: https://homelessness.hawaii.gov/main/non-traditional-housing-report/

10/05/2022

Alternative Structures International (dba Kahumana) manages four out out of the eleven sites/programs mentioned in the this report!

Non-traditional housing projects employ alternative design or construction elements to significantly reduce overall development time and cost when compared to traditional construction.

This report surveyed 11 non-traditional housing projects for people exiting homelessness, including modular and prefabricated units, tiny homes and micro units, and repurposed or converted structures for residential occupancy.

Key takeaways and recommendations for future projects are discussed.

To read the full report, visit:https://homelessness.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Non-Traditional-Housing-for-People-Exiting-Homelessness-FINAL-9-15-22-Rev.pdf

This report was prepared by Lindsay Apperson, MPP Candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, through the Joint Center for Housing Studies’ Housing and Community Development Fellowship. Support was provided by Emma Grochowsky, Special Assistant in the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions.

We’d like to thank all those involved in the development and management of the projects surveyed for this report. We appreciate the information shared to inform the findings of this report, and your commitment to ending homelessness in Hawaiʻi.

Special thanks to Achieve Zero, Alternative Structures International (ASI), Honolulu City & County, Department of Community Services, Corporation For Supportive Housing, County of Hawaiʻi, Office of Housing and Community Development, County of Kaua'i, Kaua‘i County Housing Agency, County of Maui, Department of Housing and Human Concerns, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, HomeAid Hawaii, HOPE Services Hawaii, Inc., IHS, The Institute for Human Services, Inc. (IHS), I-ON Group, Mockingbird Tiny Homes, RYSE: Residential Youth Services & Empowerment, U.S.VETS - Hawaiʻi, and Women In Need WIN

Link: https://homelessness.hawaii.gov/main/non-traditional-housing-report/

05/23/2017

What a great Day!!

Yoga, Farming & Fun

03/06/2017

It all starts with inspiration.....

On February 6, 2017 I gave a Keynote address at the Netherlands Post Code Lottery. Here is that speech.

02/28/2017

Buy local and organic!

10/07/2016

How to be strong...

09/16/2016

Heartbeet Lifesharing community was and is an inspiration for what we are doing at Kahumana!

In 2000, Hannah Schwartz helped establish Heartbeet farm to offer care and opportunities for growth for adults with developmental disabilities.

08/17/2016

Wherever you work at Kahumana: on the farm, in the café, commercial kitchen, retreat center, in our programs for adults and kids with disabilities kids or with families transitioning from homelessness… You are a social worker and can relate to this message. except for the bit about killing the buzz… We create the buzz!!!

Want a fast way to kill the buzz, turn off a cute guy, or completely murder any conversation in a social setting? Just say, “I’m a social worker.” “Oh, so you like take people’s kids and sh*t?” “Ma…

08/03/2016

07/26/2016

A big mahalo to the YMCA leadership program and all they do for our community! Regardless of Darby, they still came out and helped us work in the orchard planting Kalo and mulching. Waianae and Nanakuli seniors you are the future of our community and we were honored to be a part this great program. Have a great senior year!

07/07/2016

Love this song by Lucie Lynch; community building seed exchange by led by Matt Lynch and great images of Kahumana Farm festival! Mahalo super Lynch duo!!!!

06/30/2016

San Francisco has many similarities to Honolulu in terms of number of unsheltered homeless and a steady yearly flow of new people. Do we have the will to allocate the means to solve homelessness or are we going to just chip away at the problem?

SF Homeless Project: Could San Francisco increase its stock of supportive housing by enough units to get the neediest homeless people off its streets in two years?