In this Thursday, August 27, 2015 photo, a homeless man drinks water while sitting on the beach at Ala Moana Beach Park located near Waikiki in Honolulu. Homelessness in Hawaii has grown steadily in recent years, leaving the state with the nation's highest rate of homeless people per capita. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, Lohe Akau, a 55-year-old homeless construction worker, carries his bodyboard through a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. There are estimated 7,620 homeless people living on the streets in Hawaii. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, a boy and woman sleep in their makeshift tent at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. There are estimated 7,620 homeless people living on the streets in Hawaii. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, Dexter Lii, a retired surf instructor, and his dog sit in a minivan in Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu. The number of homeless people in Hawaii grew over the past five years, and the state's population of unsheltered families ballooned 46 percent from 2014 to 2015, said Scott Morishige, state coordinator on homelessness. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, Foster Waynewright, 28-year-old homeless man, leans on a post while resting in Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu. Waynewright lives in a minivan with his grandmother. Homelessness in Hawaii has grown in recent years, leaving the state with 487 homeless per 100,000 people, the nation's highest rate per capita, ahead of New York and Nevada, according to federal statistics. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, a homeless man washes an old area rug at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. The number of homeless people in Hawaii grew over the past five years, and the state's population of unsheltered families ballooned 46 percent from 2014 to 2015, said Scott Morishige, state coordinator on homelessness. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, two homeless people rest with their tents pitched on a sidewalk as a group of anglers arrive to fish at Kewalo Basin Harbor in Honolulu. Homelessness in Hawaii has grown steadily in recent years, leaving the state with the nation's highest rate of homeless people per capita. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, 18-year-old Roy Kalama, left, gets help from friends as he tries to build a makeshift tent using pallets at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. The camp, one of the nation's largest homeless encampment and once home to hundreds of people, was recently cleared by Hawaii officials. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, a homeless man fixes his tent to prepare for an approaching storm in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. Homelessness in Hawaii has grown steadily in recent years, leaving the state with the nation's highest rate of homeless people per capita. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, Menjen Enlet, left, and her aunt, Love Enlet, make a heart shape with their arms for photos while visiting their homeless relatives with whom they used to share an apartment in Honolulu. The Public Housing Authority recently began cracking down on people living in public housing with friends or family who were not on the lease for the units, said Connie Mitchell, director of the Institute for Human Services. With no place else to go, many who had been doubled up in overcrowded public housing units wound up on the street. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)




In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, a homeless man sleeps on Fort DeRussy in Waikiki as two tourists take a morning stroll along the beach in Honolulu. In 2014, after visitors complained about too many homeless people living near Waikiki Beach, the city banned sitting and lying down on sidewalks. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, Kifency Kinny, center, applies lotion to her arm and her 1-year-old son, J. Jee Suzuki while Kinny's niece, Keioleen Helly, drinks water in their makeshift tent at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. Homelessness in Hawaii has grown in recent years, leaving the state with 487 homeless per 100,000 people, the nation's highest rate per capita, ahead of New York and Nevada, according to federal statistics. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, from left, John Tuilata, Tiare Talo and Roy Kalama, wash themselves using public showers in Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu. The three live in a homeless encampment in Honolulu's Kakaako district. Homelessness in Hawaii has grown in recent years, leaving the state with 487 homeless per 100,000 people, the nation's highest rate per capita, ahead of New York and Nevada, according to federal statistics. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, two children rest on a hammock at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, a girl uses a large umbrella to take cover from the rain while walking through a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. The encampment, which included 180 tents and more than 300 people, swelled after the City of Honolulu started banning sitting and lying down on sidewalks in 2014. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, Kuulei Kealoha dives into the ocean to cool off in Waianae, Hawaii. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, August 26, 2015 photo, Deja-Lynn Rombawa-Quarles, a 24-year-old woman who works part time at an elementary school as a group leader, sits in her tent at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. Rombawa-Quarles is one of a growing number of working poor in Honolulu who, through a combination of high housing costs, a dearth of affordable housing and bad circumstances, wound up living on the street. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, August 26, 2015 photo, Tabatha Martin, 27, plays with her 4-year-old daughter, Thalia, in their tent at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. The Martins became homeless when Tracy, the father, had a heart attack after working long hours as a kitchen manager, they said. After exhausting their savings, they couldn't afford rent for their Pearl City apartment and wound up on the street. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, August 26, 2015 photo, a boy who goes by "M.J.," is soaked in rain as a woman pulls nails from a pallet to use them to build a makeshift tent at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. The camp, one of the nation's largest homeless encampment and once home to hundreds of people, recently cleared by Hawaii officials. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, August 26, 2015 photo, a boy stands in the rain in front of makeshift tents at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. Micronesians made up about a third of the Kakaako homeless encampment. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, August 26, 2015 photo, Deja-Lynn Rombawa-Quarles, a 24-year-old homeless woman who works part time at an elementary school as a group leader, pushes her cart to do laundry at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. Rombawa-Quarles is one of a growing number of working poor in Honolulu who, through a combination of high housing costs, a dearth of affordable housing and bad circumstances, wound up living on the street. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, August 26, 2015 photo, Tabatha Martin, 27, stands in front of her makeshift tent while her husband, Tracy, background, prepares their shelter for an approaching storm at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. The Martins said they became homeless when Tracy had a heart attack after working long hours as a kitchen manager. After exhausting their savings, they couldn't afford rent for their Pearl City apartment and wound up on the street. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, a man walks toward his makeshift tent at a homeless encampment near the ocean in Waianae, Hawaii. There are nearly 300 homeless people living in the encampment. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, clothes that belong to homeless people are left to dry after a night with heavy rain at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. The camp, one of the nation's largest homeless encampments and once home to hundreds of people, was recently cleared by city and state officials. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Monday, August 24, 2015 photo, Kionina Kaneso, left, and her boyfriend, Racly Rufes, rest in their tent at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. Kaneso, 59, moved to Hawaii from Chuuk in Micronesia to find better medical care for her son, who has a heart condition. But instead of finding a better life, she wound up living in one of the nation's largest homeless encampments with her boyfriend, daughter and three grandchildren. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, August 27, 2015 photo, Aitnes Kenan dresses his 1-year-old son, Tiason, at the Institute for Human Services, a homeless shelter and comprehensive social services agency, in Honolulu. While there are shelters and programs to help the homeless, there aren't enough empty beds to meet the needs of an estimated 7,620 people who live on the streets, primarily concentrated on the main island of Oahu. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 25, 2015 photo, Roy Kalama, 18, changes his clothes after taking a shower at the Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu. Kalama lives in a homeless encampment in Honolulu's Kakaako district. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this August 14, 2015 photo, Thalia Martin, 4, walks outside her tent in the Kakaaako neighborhood of Honolulu. Martin, who lives on the streets with her parents Tabatha and Tracy, had to move from this location when the city cleared the large homeless camp. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this July 21, 2015 photo, Cheyenne Suka sits on his bed in a homeless encampment in the Kakaaako neighborhood of Honolulu. Suka ran a general store out of his tent to help pay for living on the streets until the city recently removed the large homeless encampment, forcing its residents to find new shelter. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this October 9, 2015 photo, Keioleen Helly, 3, foreground, and her aunt, Kifency Kinny, 24, lay on a bed in the Institute for Human Services family shelter in Honolulu. Kifency's mother, Kionina Kaneso, arrived in 2004 and worked odd jobs as a dishwasher and assembly line worker to pay for her son's flight to Hawaii so he could get medical treatment for a heart condition. (Photo by Cathy Bussewitz/AP Photo)





In this October 7, 2015 photo, Keioleen Helly, 3, stands inside her family's sidewalk shelter in Honolulu. The family was packing up belongings to take to a storage unit two days before the city planned to clear their block of the homeless encampment, hoping to get a ride to the storage unit from a volunteer. (Photo by Cathy Bussewitz/AP Photo)





In this October 8, 2015 photo, Keioleen Helly, 3, center, is held by her grandmother Kionina Kaneso as she gets her temperature taken by medical student Ailea Apana at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu. The family was getting shots for a tuberculosis test required for entry to most shelters from volunteers at a mobile medical van by lantern light. (Photo by Cathy Bussewitz/AP Photo)