A church in Hawaii believes it has found the solution for the state's ongoing homelessness crisis: fiberglass igloos.

The igloos are the latest idea in the islands as they struggle to deal with the United States' highest per capita homelessness rate. Honolulu is using shipping containers to house some people, while others are pushing traditional thatched "hale" homes.

It is not the first time igloos or domes have been deployed for the homeless. In Los Angeles, about 35 people lived in a cluster of them called Dome Village for about a decade.

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