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FWIW, when some friends in the Lower Haight neighborhood of SF got burned out in the 90s, Red Cross was able to get them into temp housing a few hours later. Am sure the Maui situation is way, way worse than this was, but, for my friends and a lot of others, Red Cross did well then, and I like to believe they are doing what they can now.
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Well, they're getting put up in temporary housing on the West Side. How beneficial is that though? Kids will need to be bussed 1hr each way (not counting traffic or the frequent road closures) to the other side for school. Jobs are non-existant and will be for years. These people really need to leave the West Side or even the island for a couple years until rebuilding gets going. Encouraging people to stay and live in a temporary situation living off donated supplies isn't good for them. The government needs to start providing some forcasts about when hiuses will start being rebuilt and when jobs will return. Then people can make some better informed decisions about how to live their lives for the next few years. Right now they're living day to day and not really thinking big picture.
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It plays heavy into politics. Im very good friends with a couple of these "Landlords". Remember they made their money in the old town or their money is so vast they can afford to allow sentiments to influence their decisions. Maybe still waiting for the smoke to clear. The ones I know born and raised Lahaina and are heavily invested in the community. They have the Senators and Governors cell phone numbers. Then there is the otherside. Developers. The sides that see this as nothing more than an opportunity and they have already had meetings trying to pressure the county to bypass permitting rules. They are organized and moving fast.
That doesn't seem possible. Of course some neighborboods have more vacation rentals but my neighborhood was 100% owner or long term renter occupied, with a few having a vacation rental ohana in the back yard. Lahaina Luna neighborhood the same, maybe without the occassional vacation rental ohana. I realize Baby Beach neighborhood had a lot of vacation rental condos but that's not enough to swing the statistic. If that statistic is true it's because all of the West Side is a Lahaina address so the "town" of Kapalua that is mostly vacation rentals and Kahana that has many count as "Lahaina" even though they are 8 miles from Lahaina town and not in the fire zone.
I didn't realize you left. Where'd you go and how's if compare. I've spent the last 20 winters in Lahaina but need to figure something new out for at least the next couple years. I've been all over the world but haven't yet been tempted to leave. I considered renting in Paia this winter but thinking I'll wait at least 2 years to do that. We're not even entirely sure we'll want to live in the new Lahaina after we rebuild. We might just build, then sell the house.
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