Hawaii is implementing a homeless solution that is just plain cool -- and hopefully effective: igloos.

The First Assembly of God church plans to order a dozen igloos from Alaska to house homeless families in Oahu, according to the Associated Press. Church representatives said the domes are an interim solution to homelessness until more affordable housing options become available.

"It is a crisis situation," Klayton Ko, the church's senior pastor, told AP.

Hawaii faces an ongoing homeless crisis , with the highest per capita rate of homelessness in the nation. The governor declared a state of emergency last year when the homeless population increased by 23 percent between 2014 and 2015.