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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
“What makes Maui attractive is our philosophy of taking care of each other,” says Ruth Griffith, administrator of Kaunoa Senior Services, a division of the County of Maui’s Department of Housing and Human Concerns. “Maui County is made up of small communities. We look out for one anoth...
(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 ...
considers new law to regulate homeless sweeps home maui considers new law to regulate homeless sweeps maui officials have started working on a bill to establish procedures for sweeps of homeless people to ensure their rights are protected following a hawaii supreme court ruling against the county |...
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, to delay GM crop ban is among the 111 prospective bidders for a...
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. ...
Maui County officials say as of Aug. 28 that Lahaina fire remains 90% contained, affecting an estimated 2,170 acres. The Olinda fire, affecting an estimated 1,081 acres, is 85% contained, while the Kula fire is 90% contained, affecting an estimated 202 acres. The Maui Fire Department sta...
A Maui County Fire Department truck puts out remaining flames in Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 10, 2023. Evelio Contreras/CNN After whipping winds and wildfires tore through swaths of Maui and Hawaii’s Big Island this week, the state plans to establish an emergency loan program for farmers and...