The county Department of Housing and Human Concerns’ Immigrant Services Division offices will be closed from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 1 for staff training, the county announced Monday. The offices will reopen April 4. Regular office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ...
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funds for communities across 24 states and territories. The County of Maui in Hawaiʻi received more than $1.6 billion for wildfires. ...
Andaya said he had previously been deputy director of the Maui County Department of Housing and Human Concerns and chief of staff for former Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa for 11 years. During that time, he said, he often reported to "emergency operations centers" and participated in numerous ...
Department of Housing and Urban Development. MORE: Hawaiian Electric CEO short on answers during House hearing on Maui wildfires The U.S. has acknowledged its historical responsibility for causing this housing crisis among Native Hawaiians through its 1921 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, a reparatio...
“unabandoned possessions of houseless persons constitute property and were protected by hawaii’s due process clause.” maui county had “violated procedural due process rights of houseless individuals by not providing adequate notice” or a contested case hearing for possessions seized in the sweep,...
(County of Maui/Handout via Xinhua) ASSISTANCE AWAITED U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday approved a major disaster declaration for Hawaii in the wake of the devastating wildfires. Assistance from the federal included grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover ...
Renting A Home More Affordable Than Buying In 59 Percent Of U.S. Housing Markets Maui County, Hawaii, to delay GM crop ban: Maui County, Hawaii, has agreed to wait until March 31 to enact a ban on all genetically modified agriculture that was approved by its voters. Maui County, Hawaii...
Maui County Council voted 8-0 to adopt a 0.5% surchage on top of the existing State General Excise Tax. This new tax will pay for housing infrastructure, 20% of which will go towards the Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands. Lahaina residents are finally returning home to see what’s left. ...
That said, West Maui is facing a massive housing crisis in the aftermath of the Lahaina fire. Over 6,000 residents are in temporary accommodations looking for long-term housing. In light of that situation, we did not feel it was appropriate to draw additional competition to the limited housin...
Bissen previously said that officials hadn't yet begun investigating the immediatecause of the fires, but officials did point to the combination of dry conditions, low humidity and high winds. Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara with the Hawaii State Department of Defense said that plans were being made to...