I Investigated the Island Where Homeless People Are Shipped To... 

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I have done five cities with Tyler now. He’s the real deal. Stay tuned for our next adventure.

As someone who was born and raised on Oahu, you bringing awareness to an issue that's been going on since I was a kid is great.

The lady with the dog at the end brought tears my eyes 😢. I am so happy she was able to get housing the next day. May God bless and comfort them all and all those without shelter and/or struggling with addiction

what’s difficult for Hawai’i as well, is that housing is soooo expensive that even MIDDLE class can’t afford homes and end up homeless. So living in Hawai’i is a struggle for even both those with low paying jobs and homeless! I just want people to know that we need to provide for EVERYONE and not just our tourist. Thank you for sharing awareness of our home, it is truly appreciated.

Tyler & Kevin need to just create a whole new series together.

The man at the start is a real one. He warns people and just wants to help. To want to help others while still needing help is a trait many of us need

That dog and lady where so happy. That really gave her hope and she deserves it.

I love how this guy doesn’t go and do absolutely nothing, he helps anyone he can. Truly inspiring

Tyler, that was very nice of you. I think you saw her unselfishness by taking care of a dog while being homeless and it felt a bit inspirational tbh. Honestly pretty angelic and thoughtful

I cried a little when the dog sprawled out on the hotel bed like “finally!! A cozy safe place!!” 😭💖 wishing her and her pup nothing but a successful and relaxed life away from the streets. Bless you for what you’re doing, Tyler, you’re changing lives

I’m so happy for Mellisa and her little dog 🐶 I’m So pleased they got housing i hope they are living are very happy life . I wish all the homeless could get rehoming i also noticed how well they look after their pet’s just like that guy giving his dog out the water bottle by hand ❤.

God Bless you guys!! The relief and happiness seen on that last woman that you put up with her pup had me in tears. I wish I could help everyone but one person at a time makes a world of difference!! Thank you 🙏

The last woman made me tear up. Truly hope she’ll find joy in life again from now on.

I could feel the joy of that woman & her pup (that precious dog was so freakin happy!) when they laid on the hotel bed at the end! It really brought to the forefront the power of gratitude and a reminder to not take the little things for granted because it could all be taken away from you in a split second!

I really like this channel. He is such a good interviewer/ communicator. I love how he shows compassion to these people and help us see a glimpse into their lives. Definitely makes me a more opened minded person when it comes to these people's real situations. After what he did for the woman at the end, it compelled me to subscribe to the channel. Thank you for helping that woman and her dog.

Well done lads. We need more people like this in the world. Thank you for helping that lady and her dog ❤❤❤

God Bless you three. My wife and i JUST a few months ago struggled our way of homeless. For 2 ¹/² years enduring the streets of downtown Colorado Springs, CO. My wife was/is in a wheelchair and awaiting double hip surgery. We now reside in a 24 ft. travel trailer we finally were able to purchase. Our hearts go out to those you showcased and the ones you couldn't. I aplaud you all for having the compassion to bring this overlooked issue to the light of peoples consciousness and the courage to enter the hell most of us call/called life. God bless you!

Tyler brought back real journalism and is making the networks look bad. Love working with you brother. Kevin

I subscribed immediately after I saw what you did for the lady and her dog..😢❤that brought me to tears watching how happy they were to get a room for the night and food. The puppy jumped on the bed rolling and so happy to be there reminds me of my two dogs. They love creature comforts too. This was so beautiful to see and so happy she finally got housing/shelter. Ty for being a great humanitarian! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Bless your heart for helping that homeless lady with that dog❤

I grew up all over homeless camps on Oahu. It’s a nasty complicated situation, and a vicious cycle. My dad used to live under that bridge next to jack in the box 20 years ago. And another camp under the bridge on school street in waterfall park. Back then the homeless community took care of each other. Both my parents lived that lifestyle until it killed them, it’s extremely sad.

That was really awesome that you helped her and her little dog. I was homeless for 6 years. And I'll tell you right now, something changed during Covid. People just don't care anymore. I wasn't on the street because of drugs, or alcohol. When you feel no one cares if you live or die, you lose all hope. And I'm not saying that people need to hand out money. It's not about that. But, everyone needs to know somebody cares. Thank you for doing what you do. ❤

Thank you for getting a room for them. That was awesome to see the doggie so happy

I have been watching so many of your videos the last few days and yall both are doing Gods work. Keep doing your thing. Bless both of yall.

I love how they helped build that woman back up at the end after she had given her all and reached her goal. They helped restore her just enough to give all again in pursuit of her next goal. That's what true community is about, helping those who have given all helping themselves to raise the community higher.

the man with the 2 nice tents was so happy to feel cared for. that broke and warmed my heart at the same time ! i can’t imagine what he’s been through

❤thank you compassionate young men for getting the pup n lady 💖 a room. Tears of Graditude dripping 💦 from my eyes ...

This vidoe made me cry at the end 🥺😢God bless yiut Tyler and Kevin ❤This is what we need ❤

I was born and raised in Kailua, Oahu and the homeless situation is awful - I unfortunately lost my uncle to the streets, and he is in and out of prison monthly for crystal meth addiction. It has always bothered me how little attention was brought to the homelessness crisis on Oahu, but so incredible to see guys like Tyler cover this issue. Also racism in Hawaii is never talked about - killed two birds with one stone in this video!

Can someone explain to me how Tyler and his friends are providing WAY higher quality journalism than any of the big news networks? This channel is putting all major new networks to shame. I had no idea about this homeless problem in Hawaii. I had no idea how bad it is out there for these people. Today should not be the first time I'm learning about this problem.

The girl at the end with the dog just melted my heart. God bless you guys.

Thank you for the video. Sending light and love to all. ❤

I'm a pharmacist working in Honolulu and the amount of homelessness, drug-addicted, and mentally ill folks is making it scarier to just walk on the street. I regularly get people from that park (and others) walking in and asking for OTC treatments for 'nano-machines under the skin/CIA trackers/any other schizo paranoia thing you can think of. Also a lot of scabies treatment requests, or any SSTI treatments, etc. Thanks for making this video. In pharmacy there's already extremely strict state+federal laws and regulations around the dispensing of controlled substances i.e. fentanyl/other opioids. Dealers must be getting their supply from other countries illegally imo. Anyways I live right there! I go to that panda express all the time. Crazy to see your own community in a video like this - we've just accepted this as the norm and don't think much of it tbh.

As someone who lives in Hawaiʻi, people on the mainland don’t understand how difficult it is to live in our homeland due to the tourism industry and how it’s upped the prices on everything. I love how he’s telling my people’s stories and not judging but being completely opened minded. Most people come to Hawai’i Nei to see its beauty but don’t acknowledge what’s actually going on. And about our hatred towards white people, they don’t know the history about Hawai’i. White men illegally overthrew our government and punished us for speaking our native language and dancing hula. Causing us to lose most of our history and language. Thank you for spreading awareness for my people 🙏 Mahalo nui loa

You were so sweet to that woman. She can start her new life fed, showered & rested. That kind of help is simple but so profound. Sending people to Hawaii is such a devious trick…vulnerable people are being thrown away. Good job. ♥️

Great job filming this. All of the persistence despite entering dangerous places really resulted in a much more informative and helpful video. Insane that this has happened and is happening.

tyler!! the same thing is happening here in puerto rico. they’re being sent with one way tickets with the promise of a house once they land. they’re sent to centers where they accommodate local people in need of food and shelter… would be nice if you could also look into that! we’re a U.S. territory so it’s like going to any other state

I was born in Hawaii and grew up here my entire life. Even on Kauai, the smallest of the islands, homelessness is very apparent and I see it every day. Thank you for bringing light to the issues going on in our state :)

Thank you so much for helping that lady..God Bless you😭😭

I subscribed ❤ Thank you all so much for helping out that lady and her dog , God Blessed ❤ You All…

Honestly, Tyler.. when you helped that girl and her dog, it made me tear up! She was so happy and I could just feel her happiness. That was so kind of you, I’m glad she got out of her situation and is building up to get a better life. ❤️

That was some impressive information Tyler. I never would have thought people were being shipped and shipping themselves to Hawaii. I just saw in San Francisco that they've cleaned up the streets for some governmental conference and I wondered "Where'd they store all of the homeless?"

God bless you both for helping this lady and for the important work you both are doing

I was happy to see someone receive help at the end of the video. Kudos.

I ran a homeless shelter for 6 years, it's heart breaking. Couldn't secure the funds to stay open. Thanks for posting this and giving them a voice ❤

Melissa and her pup just made me sob. She needed a hand up, and you did that for her. I don't have the answers needed to solve this humanitarian crisis, but thank you for your kindness to her, and her pup. My kids and I lost everything in a fire, and became homeless in the blink of an eye. It was so incredibly tough. I didn't have renters insurance, so everything was just gone. I have always worked 2 jobs, but it isn't easy having to replace everything at once. I thank God, I had family to lean on. It took me a good year to get back on my feet and replace what items we lost in the fire. My children and I would have been out on the streets if it weren't for my siblings. I don't think the general public realizes how quickly a person could become homeless, and once homeless, how hard it is to get back on your feet. Most long-term homeless people have either mental illness, drug addiction, or both. As a nation, we need effective treatments for these conditions in order to make an effective change to decrease homelessness. A different approach is needed, as the current approach is failing miserably. No human should have to live like this.

Tyler is definitely my favorite youtuber. He has opened my eyes to a lot of things that I was not ware of! Keep up the good work Tyler!

God bless you guys for putting her up n feeding her. I'm not homeless but makes me look at them in a new lite, job well accomplished

it’s hard to nail down specific predictions for the housing market is because it’s not yet clear how quickly or how much the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation and borrowing costs without tanking buyer demand for everything from homes to cars.

I'm born and raised on Kauai and homelessness has always been a big problem. When I was younger I used to walk and take the bus to get to where I was going and sometimes would get into conversations with the homeless uncles and aunties that were sitting and waiting for the bus. A lot of them used to tell us as teens that they were flown in from a different state and promised a job. The problem only got worse to the point that at the age of 16 I didn't really see them on the streets or parks but down in the alleyways we would use as shortcuts or in the bushes on the side of the main highway. They were just pushed out of our parks and into the wilderness to where it was basically out of sight out of mind for our county.

May God Bless Melissa and her beautiful 🐶. She did the work and tried and now she can rest just a little easier. Small steps.

Keep spreading love and light @Tyler Oliveira you are inspiring the world and bringing hope to the masses. We are all One

RU-vidrs like Tyler provide better news on what’s going on than the actual media

I’m from Hawai’i and you’re the first RU-vidr that has ever posted up about this. THANK YOU FOR LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW 🙏🏾💯💯💯

Omg the way thr pup jumped on the bed melted my heart blessings 🙏🏽🥰

Love how you guys helped her out at the end of the video, she seemed like she really needed that to keep her belief in humanity alive

Man when that dog ran in the hotel room and hopped on the bed rolling around with pure joy. I honestly started to tear up. Like the pup was happy that she and her human has a safe comfortable place to sleep tonight. That’s just awesome. I salute Tyler and Kevin for helping her have a place to sleep that night before her going into a shelter. That was so awesome and a really compassionate thing for them to do. I mean they could just walked on and wished her luck but they helped her out and paid for a room for her to sleep in for the night. They are good dudes man. It usually takes a lot for me to subscribe to a content creator’s channel because a lot of the time they turn out to be fake AF in the long run but after watching a handful of your video’s especially on raising awareness with the homeless and drug epidemic and doing it in a respectful manner. Getting information and conducting interviews while showing these individuals a level of respect, dignity, and empathy. I have decided to subscribe. Keep up the good work Tyler and Kevin ❤️. Side Note: I know the woman said that she was going in a shelter the next day. But from personal experience I know that a lot of shelters don’t allow you to bring animals with you. With that said I’m curious if this particular shelter she is going to is going to allow her to bring her pet. Because if they don’t she might decide not to go which would be awful but at the same time understandable because if I was her I wouldn’t want to abandon my dog/ the only companion that has been by my side through all my suffering either. Idk I hope that she is allowed to bring her puppy with her because it would be really traumatic for her to be separated from her owner and put in a dog shelter/pound or possibly left behind to fend for herself. But like I said I don’t believe the woman would stand by and allow that to happen. She seems to love the dog very much. Either way I will pray for both of them to be safe and happy and find peace & safety in their lives.

Thank you for doing that for her! You changed her life, restored some hope in her…. And seeing her little dog rolling around on the bed happily just made my day! You guys rock! 🐶❤️👍🤗

So sad, just so sad. Thanks for the video, Tyler. You work so hard and I like your sense of humor.

This was an interesting video. I really liked the ending. Bless you guys for helping her out!

Bro, Tyler, you are such a good person for putting that lady in a hotel. What an incredible thing to do. That was moving seeing that.

I have been homeless before and have experienced the agonizing struggles and ruthlessness of people looking down on you..seeing you get the hotel for her and her pup made my heart happy. ❤️ I love your work, keep doing your thing bringing awareness and helping people. A push in the right direction, and consistency are what these people need to help get them off the street and off drugs. I know first hand. Grateful for what you do, much love. ❤️

Helping that women and her dog really warmed my heart ❤

Thank you for helping Melissa and her dog. ❤

The woman at the end is so inspiring. You guys are so kind as well by looking at people as humans and bringing awareness.

Seeing that woman and her dog in the hotel made me so happy, I appreciate that you guys don’t just talk the talk, you’re out there helping and it shows.

You guys seem to do good stuff, just want to give you all a shout out, it's nice to see people who care still.

Im hoping everything works out for the woman at the end of the interview. She deserves it

12:35 Tyler: “who is that right there? is that weed is that?” homeless guy: “no. it’s just Koala.”

Kevin is a Legend! We need to see him more on the channel

Thank you for spreading awareness

I cried when yall took care of Melissa. Hope she is still doin well 💓

I hope we get some updates on Melissa! I hope the best for her!!!

At this point Tyler's gonna go down as one of the biggest and realest RU-vid legends of all time! You're doing amazing work as always!

God bless you guys for helping the lady at the end of your interview.❤ She seems to really want to do better as opposed to the others you spoke with.

I love what you gentlemen are doing! The lady and her dog was brilliant! ❤❤❤

14:00 This person doesn't deserve the stuff they have been through. so happy you helped them out because you can tell they have gone through way too much for them to handle and really needed something good to happen. hope they get through the tough times.

I visited Hawaii for the first time a few months ago and was astonished on how many homeless people I saw. My mom and I befriended a homeless couple and was surprised to know they had full time jobs and were still homeless. The housing crisis there is getting worse.

As someone who was homeless from 2017 and 2018 thank you for raising awareness and treating these people as human

I would really like to see an update on Melissa and her pup! Heartwarming ❤

Watching the end of this video made my day. Mostly it was seeing how happy that sweet dog was when he realized he was gonna have a bed to sleep in tonight.. Dogs are such loyal creatures. They be can drug through hell and they will still fight for your life. Thank you guys for helping her get housing. Sometimes just a little bit of human kindness really can save a life.

Hi Tyler, this is my 1st time on your channel. This video got my attention as a local who is born and raised here on Oahu. Thank you so much for covering this and bringing this to the public's attention. We welcome visitors with aloha and open arms. But this is also not a dumping grounds. The government needs to address the homeless situation not only locally, but nationally too.

Thanks for being u Tyler ❤

I really wish that beautiful lady at the end the very best. Keep on pushing through, you got this!

After 35 years of leaving Hawaii as a kid, I went back to see my best friend to say goodbye for the last time before he passed from cancer. How Oahu has grown is insane. The only local areas I could recognize from the air was Electric beach prior to landing. My experience with the locals this trip was that they where actually much friendlier from when I lived there as a kid. I did work there for a summer on the Waianae side when I was 16 on a ranch with my buddy. Anyway traffic, growth and the poverty had exploded since then. Over on the Waianae side we used to pick up a guy who worked with us from one of the shanty towns that was made of tarps and pallets in the morning before we got to the ranch so it was there but now most of Waianae has homeless encampments from Nanakuli to Kaena point. Found a house for sale... 1200 sq. ft, no real front door, windows where hinged boards, eves falling down, front porch missing some boards... $660,000!! I have no idea how anyone makes a living over there.

Melissa is so brave, strong and beautiful. I am so happy you guys were able to help her and her adorable dog. This is the kind of kindness I enjoy seeing, it gives me hope for the human race.

That was just awesome to put her in a room with her dog. We all should help one another and this world would be a better place😊

You can't help everyone but sometimes there are people that you feel that you can give a boost by helping them, it's not going to be a waste. You're giving them a hand up. Not a hand out. I just found this channel! Just subscribe. Really like your content.

I grew up on the small populated island of Kauai from 11 to 22. Homelessness wasn't huge, but definitely a lot bigger than most people knew. I knew a few people who were shipped out. Some states basically deport the homeless or send them to jail. Many take the plane ticket and "job opportunities" not realizing that they are being lied to. For the locals, a lot of it stems from knowing so many people on the islands. Hawaii as a whole is pretty tightly knit in comparison to other states and even many other countries. Hawaiian families and friends are HUGE! I worked at the Kauai Costco and 85% of the island at the time had a costco membership. I saw everybody; friends, exes, bullies, tourists. All of it. Hawaii is beautiful, but it's too easy to feel stuck, too easy to be caught up in drama. Everyone knows everyone. Anything that you have done or has happened to you, a large amount of the island will know about it. The "coconut wireless" as some used to call it. Seeing your exes at 1 of the 4 places to buy food, the cost of living, modern society in general, the pandemic (that struck tourist areas like hawaii very hard), it's no wonder there are so many falling into drugs (most specifically meth) and just feeling like goving up. Add that a lot of locals really just aren't as educated and not as world traveled (far away from other places, and hawaii is already "paradise"), it all adds up. Every which way it's a struggle. I wasn't even close to homeless, and I love Hawaii with all my soul. It's the place this haole boy calls home. But man I just had to get out of there and actual find a place to make new experiences. Hawaii really starts to feel like the same old, especially on the smaller populated islands. For nature it's awesome, but for indoor/social activities not involving nature, it's usually few and far between (and any that there are you'll see all the people you know. You ain't meeting any new people at a bar, unless it's a tourist or someone who moved from another island). It's fucked. Hawaii really just can't catch a break

Hawaii was once a paradise and now it's like a giant open-air prison. Sad. There were a ton of homeless camps in the Dog the Bounty Hunter series, his team was always going into the camps to hunt down fugitives. Cost of living in Hawaii is insane, I really feel bad for the native people who no longer can afford to live in their homeland. I know many Southeastern American families in a similar predicament-family lands sold off to developers and people priced out of communities because cost of living went up but not their wages.

This was absolutely heart breaking. The highlight was the lady and her pup in the hotel at the end, what incredible joy over life’s simple pleasure of a BED! Makes ya really think about the small things we complain about and stop taking this for granted

Good shit seeing the dog happy on the bed, good on you bro for being the change we need in this world.

this man goes above and beyond to make these videos

First time I've cried to a video in a while. I may have never been homeless but I've been on the verge so seeing someone persevering is heartwarming

Omgg Tyler thank you for giving the lady and her dog a room! I cried seeing how happy her pup was rolling around on the bed .❤😊

😊🙏🤗🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🥰 thank you for helping that woman and her pup. God bless.

Thank you, brave men 😊 for documenting and bringing firsthand eyewitness truth about what is out there. Love that you were there for the lady and doggie on her last day of homelessness. Thank you Kevin, for all you do.

We love Kevin 👏🏼 Tyler. I’ve been absolutely loving your content wow thankyou so much for entertaining us and putting yourself out there in danger! ❤🥺

I actually started cryin when the woman Melissa that went thru the fires told her story. And said that she slept on the sidewalk everyday of the housing building and finally her persistence worked. I pray for nothing but the absolute best for her and I hope she’s living a better life and doing well! The fact they helped her is beautiful. Put her in a hotel and gave her some money for food for her n her pup. I rlly rlly am praying for a better life for her. 🙏🏻