1st FEMA modular homes ready for Maui fire survivors

First Families Move Into Temporary FEMA Housing For Maui Fire Survivors
FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration have approved more than $474.6 million in federal assistance to fire survivors. This includes $61.7 million from FEMA for housing, rental and other needs approved for 7,152 individuals and households, and $412.8 million in SBA disaster loans approved for homeowners, renters and businesses.
First FEMA modular homes ready for Maui fire survivors
The first 24 homes in FEMA’s 167-unit temporary housing community called Kilohana were provided to fire survivors over the past weekend.
There's more FEMA housing for Lahaina fire survivors, but they'll have to pay rent soon
More Maui housing for fire survivors is coming online through the Federal Emergency Management Agency next week. But FEMA-housed residents will need to start paying rent for their units soon – at rates they think need to be adjusted.
Landlords Evicted Maui Residents and Housed Wildfire Survivors for More Money. FEMA Didn’t Take Basic Steps to Stop It.
FEMA officials said they didn’t want their housing program for survivors of Maui’s 2023 wildfires to displace any residents. But they didn’t bar the agency’s contractors from leasing properties previously occupied by long-term tenants.
FEMA’s Plan For Maui Wildfire Survivors Lacked Safeguards For Residents
When the federal government stepped in to rent housing for survivors of the devastating 2023 fires on Maui, officials said they didn’t want to drive up rental rates or give land
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Hawaii natives in Colorado host cooking classes to raise funds for Lahaina fire victims
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Chief: Lahaina fire ‘was very personal’ to crews
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