HURRICANE LALA AND LOWELL- SNAP REPLACEMENT EXTENDED 

MAY 2026 EARTHQUAKE — DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (DUA) NOW AVAILABLE 
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Portals and other Lala/Lowell information and resources available here ​

DISASTER legal assistance

Legal Aid phone intake services are available
Monday-Friday 
9:00 am - 11:30 am & 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
808-536-4302 (Oahu)
​1-800-499-4302 (neighbor islands)

Our physical office spaces are not open to the public and we are not currently accepting walk-in intake.  We are happy to make accommodations for limitations and disabilities and to schedule in office meetings with current clients. All other services remain open.

Legal Aid Society of Hawaii staff are working harder to help our community through this challenging time.
Click on the links below for helpful legal information and resources.
​Please check this page regularly for updated information.

The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii provides free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and does not charge their clients for legal services. 

federal legislation restores
​full public benefits for cofa migrants​

Under the Compact of Free Association (COFA), citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau have the right to live and work in the United States. In March 2024, the following public benefits have been restored to help struggling COFA individuals and families: health insurance, unemployment, FEMA disaster relief, subsidized housing including Section 8 rental assistance, SNAP, WIC, Social Security disability and retirement, and state financial assistance. 

"BUILDING A JUST SOCIETY"

Helping the people of Hawai‘i meet their legal needs since 1950. As the state’s oldest and largest non-profit, public interest law firm with offices statewide, Legal Aid helps ensure justice and fairness for all by providing civil legal aid to the most vulnerable in our society.

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learn about landlord-tenant code and other housing issues 

Listen to Legal Aid’s former Housing and Consumer Managing Attorney Nick Severson in a podcast interview with Dr. Jennifer Salisbury, host of the podcast "My Life as a Landlord." Nick discusses fair housing, housing discrimination, the landlord-tenant code, the governor’s emergency proclamation, and other housing-related issues in the State of Hawai‘i, with a special reference to Maui’s housing situation in the aftermath of the fires.