As staradvertiser reports, in the aftermath of the assault on state Rep. Tom Brower June 29, 2015 by two young men at a growing homeless camp in the Kakaako area of Honolulu, the city is awarding a contact July 2 to operate the Hale Mouliola modular housing pilot project in Sand Island. There has been a three-fold increase in crime since last fall in tents occupied by the homeless.
In addition, the city also intends to award a contract for a community assistance program that will reach out to mentally ill homeless residents.
According to hawaiinewsnow, Brower was filming the two young men without their permission. When they asked him to stop he refused, and they allegedly attacked him, which resulted in a concussion for which he was treated at a hospital and released. Brower made national headlines in 2013 when he demolished abandoned grocery carts that homeless people used to carry their belongings with a sledgehammer. ##
(Photo credit: fox6now–containers transformed into modular housing)
