300 Stories
"300 Stories" started as portraits. Now we're telling it through video instead — same idea, new medium. We're asking kamaʻāina and Kānaka Maoli what makes Hawaiʻi home, and why they stay. It's part of our push for workforce housing, but at its core it's simple. This isn't a housing shortage you can sum up in a statistic. It's real people — you, me, our neighbors, our friends — trying to stay in the place we call home.
Ephraim and Sela Tuliloa
They left to build financially on the continent, then came home to Lāʻie to raise their children.
Chaz Umamoto
Thanks to affordable housing, this Kalihi-born musician and entrepreneur was able to come home and raise his family.
Teshya Alo
A professional athlete and stunt performer from Hauʻula who stays in Hawaiʻi for the keiki she mentors.
Leleaʻe Wong
A Kanaka Maoli singer, actress and artist living in the Kaimukī home her great-great-grandfather built in 1938.
Liahona Taʻala
A 20-year-old from Waiʻanae who calls Hawaiʻi “beautiful, a blessing, and home.”