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Homeless, But Enjoying Hawaii On $3 A Day
A tourist in Hawaii spends an average of $200 a day for a hotel room, meals and entertainment. But there's another class of visitors given room and board, full health care benefits and more for just $3 a day. It's not a luxury vacation package just homeless benefits courtesy of Hawaii's taxpayers.
At the Sumner Homeless Men's Shelter in downtown Honolulu less than a mile from Honolulu Harbor, where luxury cruise ships are docked shelter operations assistant Alfred Ho'opi'i tells guests to line up for their lunch.
"The majority of people that I can see here are from the mainland," he says. "You have your locals, but not too many."
Homeless, But Enjoying Hawaii On $3 A Day : NPR
A tourist in Hawaii spends an average of $200 a day for a hotel room, meals and entertainment. But there's another class of visitors given room and board, full health care benefits and more for just $3 a day. It's not a luxury vacation package just homeless benefits courtesy of Hawaii's taxpayers.
At the Sumner Homeless Men's Shelter in downtown Honolulu less than a mile from Honolulu Harbor, where luxury cruise ships are docked shelter operations assistant Alfred Ho'opi'i tells guests to line up for their lunch.
"The majority of people that I can see here are from the mainland," he says. "You have your locals, but not too many."
Homeless, But Enjoying Hawaii On $3 A Day : NPR
