Hawaii’s homeless avoid encampment sweeps using massive, two-story houseboat with solar panels

A two-story, solar-powered houseboat has become the center of a growing homeless community moored along Keehi Stream in Hawaii, surrounded by smaller outposts housing an unknown number of people. The floating structure appears to be used to avoid municipal encampment sweeps and provides off-grid shelter for its residents. The situation mirrors broader U.S. tensions over how to handle street encampments, as seen in other cities that have faced decisions about clearing camps during extreme weather or crises.