Erin Nolan
Reporter at Honolulu Civil Beat
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6 days ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is trying to reduce the load on the island’s housing stock but the continual need to relocate is frustrating residents. Some Maui fire survivors are finding themselves uprooted again even as the Federal Emergency Management Agency starts collecting rent from nearly 1,300 households staying in homes provided through its direct housing program.
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2 weeks ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
The Legislature is exempting properties destroyed in a disaster from certain permitting requirements to speed up recovery efforts, but not everyone can take advantage of it. More than 20 months after wildfires razed most of Lahaina, nearly 1,400 residential lots have been cleared of debris but only nine homes have been rebuilt, according to data from 4Leaf, the California-based contractor the county hired last year to expedite its permitting process.
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1 month ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
The council’s housing committee chair says she’ll put it on the agenda after county budget deliberations. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen’s plan to convert thousands of temporary vacation rentals into long-term housing for locals may start moving forward again as soon as next month.
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1 month ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
Some members are concerned about the high level of county job vacancies. The Maui County Council has begun scrutinizing Mayor Richard Bissen’s proposed $1.51 billion budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1. The number of county job vacancies has emerged as an early issue for some members, including Council Chair Alice Lee. “I don’t see why we need a budget that high, because we have over 600 vacancies in the county,” she said during a budget hearing Tuesday.
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1 month ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
Economists lay out the good and the bad of the mayor’s proposal to convert thousands of short-term units into long-term housing. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen’s plan to convert several thousand vacation rentals into long-term housing could lower housing costs and improve affordability in Maui County, according to a study unveiled Monday by the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization.
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RT @CivilBeat: Study: Maui Should Be Cautious In Phasing Out Vacation Rentals: Economists lay out the good and the bad of the mayor's propo…
RT @CivilBeat: Maui Won’t Be Converting Vacation Rentals To Long-Term Housing Anytime Soon: A phased-in approach was to begin July 1 but th…
RT @CivilBeat: Maui Fire Settlements Could Shrink If Health Insurers Take A Bite: As settlement money begins to flow to Maui wildfire victi…
