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UHERO Survey on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Hawaii’s Rental Properties

UHERO has partnered with landlord and property management organizations to initiate a statewide data collection effort related to the impacts of the COVID-19 crises on our state’s rental housing. Our goal is to gather representative empirical data each month on 1) the number of rental households struggling to pay rent and 2) the number of […]

UHERO’s Leah Bremer on Supporting real-world watershed management

UHERO’s Leah Bremer’s recent publication in Water Resources Research was featured in the Global Water Forum this week. She and a team of interdisciplinary colleagues worked with on-the-ground managers of watershed protection programs in Brazil to identify real-world decision contexts where hydrologic modeling and monitoring can support planning and decision making. They demonstrate the importance […]

UHERO’s Sumner La Croix on Island Focus

Event: The Coming Covid Eviction Crisis and How to Stop It

The Coming Covid Eviction Crisis and How to Stop It Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 9:00 am Hawai‘i time Register and submit questions in advance HERE. Hawai‘i residents have long struggled with the elevated cost of housing and high rates of homelessness. Now the covid-19 recession is pressing more households to the edge. Join us to explore […]

Publication: The Mortality Effects of Reduced Medicaid Coverage Among International Migrants in Hawaii: 2012–2018

Congratulations to UHERO’s Timothy Halliday on his publication in the American Journal of Public Health: The Mortality Effects of Reduced Medicaid Coverage Among International Migrants in Hawaii: 2012–2018 Related research:Blog: The Impact of Medicaid on Health Care Utilization among Hawai‘i’s COFA MigrantsResearch Paper: The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable […]

Carl Bonham giving the weekly UHERO update on COVID-19 at House Select Committee Meeting

http://olelo.granicus.com/player/clip/77307?view_id=31

COVID-19 recovery study

UHERO Research Fellow Ruben Juarez and collaborators from the John A. Burns School of Medicine are examining the recovery and progression of individuals with COVID-19 in order to design better strategies for the recovery of other infected individuals. The project is recruiting up to 100 participants who have tested positive over the last 60 days (anytime on […]

Sumner La Croix on diversifying Hawai’i’s economy

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/amid-calls-diversification-look-back-hawaiis-history-single-industry-dominance#stream/0

Coastal armoring and sinking property values: the case of seawalls in California

Rising sea levels necessitate careful consideration of different forms of coastal protection but cost-benefit analysis is limited when important non-market social costs have not been measured. Seawalls protect individual properties but can potentially impose negative externalities on neighboring properties via accelerated beach loss. We conduct a hedonic valuation of seawalls in two coastal California counties: […]