US EditionA year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery
- Residents in Lahaina, Hawaii, have faced practical and emotional challenges since the deadly wildfire on August 8, 2023.
- FEMA is leasing homes for over 1,200 households and giving subsidies to 500 others, with many rentals in Kihei.
- To encourage landlords to rent to locals, FEMA raised rental rates by 75% in October, resulting in higher market prices.
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A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Josephine Fraser worried her young family’s next home would be a tent. Fraser and her partner, their two sons and their dog had moved nine times in as many months, from one hotel room to another, since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century razed her hometown of Lahaina, on Maui.…
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A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery
Thousands of displaced residents on Maui have faced a year of anxious uncertainty since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century devastated Lahaina. Government and nonprofit groups have offered temporary
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