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 thein a century razed her hometown of Lahaina, on Maui . They would sometimes get just 24 hours to relocate, with no immediate word where they were headed.
Gov. Josh Green told The Associated Press in an interview that the state is building transitional and long-term housing, changing laws to convert 7,000 vacation rentals to long-term rentals and swiftly settling lawsuits by fire survivors so plaintiffs can get the money they need to start rebuilding. “Everyone’s choice is to move out of Lahaina, to move off-island, to move to the mainland, and that’s not something that we want to do,” she said. “Lahaina is our home.”increases the severity and frequency of natural disasters: How far should governments go to try to keep communities together after such calamities?
“Maui is the first one I’ve ever seen the federal government fully listen to the community ... and actually really try to do what they were asking, which was to keep people on the island,” she said. Lucy Reardon lost the home her grandfather passed down to her and her brother. When July came, she was still living in a hotel with her partner and two children. She twice declined offers from FEMA to move off the island temporarily and provide her a car, she said, because her grandfather would have wanted her to stay.
Josephine Fraser LAHAINA Hawaii Maui Affordable Homes West Maui Native Hawaiian
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next weekHONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday the parties in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion.
Read more »
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next weekHONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday the parties in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion.
Read more »
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next weekHONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday the parties in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion.
Read more »
Hawaiian Electric Among Firms in $4 Billion Maui Fire Deal(Bloomberg) -- Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. is among the companies that have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion to resolve hundreds of...
Read more »
Parties in lawsuits seeking damages for Maui fires reach US$4B global settlement, court filings sayThe parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year's Maui wildfires have reached a US$4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday.
Read more »
Parties in lawsuits seeking damages for Maui fires reach $4B global settlement, court filings sayHONOLULU (AP) — The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, nearly one year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
Read more »