Officials create innovative solution for families who lost homes in devastating fire: 'It could meaningfully reduce homelessness'

Officials create innovative solution for families who lost homes in devastating fire: 'It could meaningfully reduce homelessness'

After a devastating fire in 2023, residents who lost their homes in Lahaina, Hawaiʻi, have received an offer of temporary housing in a tiny home community erected by the state, The New York Times reported. Many Lahaina residents were in a bind after the disaster. Housing was already at a crisis point in the area beforehand, with prices sky-high due to tourism and the rate of homelessness being among the worst in the nation. The Federal Emergency…