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A new University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization report found that though the local housing market is stable and improving, increasing supply still has its challenges.

The Conversation’s Maddie Bender spoke to Steven Bond-Smith, an assistant professor at UHERO about local impacts of ongoing tariff uncertainty, and what a mild recession will mean for Hawaiʻi.

HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization’s most recent forecast. It expects a mild recession largely due to weak tourism numbers, federal worker layoffs and volatile tariffs increasing the price of goods.

Maui County is weighing a proposal to phase out transient vacation rentals in Maui County’s apartment zones to increase long-term housing stock on Maui. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol shares new information from a University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization report examining the economic impacts of that proposal.

A new UHERO report looks into how construction liability litigation is hampering Hawaiʻi's housing market. The Conversation talked to UHERO housing researcher Trey Gordner about the findings.

The report found that recovery will be slow, and researchers said they won’t see full recoveries until Lahaina and other fire-impacted areas on Maui are rebuilt.

A new report from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization shows that 40% of working-age adults report symptoms of depression. The biggest driver? Food insecurity. The Conversation spoke to UH professor Ruben Juarez about the report.

The state Legislature is considering a new approach to the housing crisis that would allow homeowners to sell a deed restriction on their property to a county, provided they only allow occupants who work at least 30 hours in that county.⁠ HPR's Ashley Mizuo looks at another popular tourist destination with a similar program.

We've heard that a lot of Maui residents have moved off the island in the wake of the 2023 wildfires. Officials previously believed that number to be in the thousands, but HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol brings us the latest estimates from researchers.

The uncertainty of a new presidential administration and the widespread bird flu in the U.S. are two additional wrinkles that could increase inflation and hurt the local economy over the next few years.