"Two years after the Maui wildfires, Burke and other homeowners are experiencing an uptick in texts from investors wanting to buy their properties."
Anita Hofschneider for Grist and Honolulu Civil Beat: https://grist.org/housing/two-years-after-a-wildfire-took-everything-maui-homeowners-are-facing-a-new-threat-foreclosure/
#Longreads #Maui #Hawaii #Lahaina #Disaster #Fire #Wildfire #Foreclosure #Homeownership #DisasterRecovery
In #Lahaina, ‘Dignified’ Havens for Wildfire Survivors
Factory-built houses aspire to faster delivery after #disasters, longer life than trailers
"FEMA is supposed to build only temporary #housing, w/ the Dept of Housing & Urban Development tasked w/ replacing permanent housing after disasters — which often does not break ground until years later.…Rapidly building housing that can meet short- & long-term needs typically falls through the cracks…"
Lahaina After Action Review (AAR) from the Maui Police Department
(Answer to my earlier question: a lot of CYA and back patting for sure, but it does have valuable info in there)
https://www.mauipolice.com/_files/ugd/fefc36_d7b72f6a0ca9458d93391093da02fe1e.pdf
#LahainFire #MauiFires #wildfire #wildfires #MauiWildfires #Maui #Lahaina
Maui Police Department releases Final After-Action Report on Aug. 8, 2023 wildfires
In 2016, then Gov. David Ige told state lawmakers that he was committed to cooling 1,000 classrooms by the end of the year. Lawmakers agreed to do so with $100 million. But it didn't work, according to a blunt and unsparing report by the Office of the State Auditor.