FEMA cracks down on Lahaina residents not paying rent

FEMA cracks down on Lahaina residents not paying rent

LAHAINA, Hawaii (KHON2) -- At the start of the week, nearly 200 out of around 1,000 households on FEMA's temporary housing program had not paid rent. Now, it's down 100 -- or one in 10. For a year and a half after the deadly August 2023 Lahaina fire, thousands of people relied on FEMA for recovery resources, including federally funded rentals. Maui drivers: Avoid Honoapiʻilani Highway during Maui Marathon Those units were no longer free as…

Lawmakers Agree To Pay $807 Million Into Lahaina Wildfires Settlement Fund

The legislation is part of a $4 billion deal that includes money from HECO, Kamehameha Schools and others.

Lawmakers Settle on New Two-Year Budget That Focuses on Housing

(AP) – Hawaii lawmakers have earmarked nearly $400 million for housing subsidies and public housing developments over the next two years to try to make a dent in the increasingly desperate statewide need for affordable housing. That sizable sum includes $37 million for Gov. Josh Green’s signature kauhale program to provide tiny homes and other housing options for homeless people, and $68 million for the planned Ka Lei Momi initiative to to provi…