Honolulu Civil Beat | Investigating Maui's 'Secondary Housing Crisis' @civilbeat | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
The Maui fires displaced thousands in Lahaina. Hawaii’s top officials moved quickly to enact an emergency order to prevent most evictions and price gouging, yet some property owners — who stand to receive higher rent through a federal aid program and lucrative property tax breaks — have capitalized on the crisis anyway, as reporter Nick Grube told Hawaii News Now.
The median rent on Maui has jumped 44% since before the fires. Complaints about evictions and rent increases have circulated for months, and housing advocates say the state hasn’t moved quickly enough to clamp down on bad actors.
“The greed is sickening,” said local property manager Claudia Garcia, whose firm manages more than 100 rentals on the island. “It’s just not right what they’re doing.”
Read the full story, published in partnership with ProPublica: civilbeat.org/2024/08/maui-wildifre-evictions-fema
The Maui fires displaced thousands in Lahaina. Hawaii’s top officials moved quickly to enact an emergency order to prevent most evictions and price gouging, yet some property owners — who stand to receive higher rent through a federal aid program and lucrative property tax breaks — have capitalized on the crisis anyway, as reporter Nick Grube told Hawaii News Now.
The median rent on Maui has jumped 44% since before the fires. Complaints about evictions and rent increases have circulated for months, and housing advocates say the state hasn’t moved quickly enough to clamp down on bad actors.
“The greed is sickening,” said local property manager Claudia Garcia, whose firm manages more than 100 rentals on the island. “It’s just not right what they’re doing.”
Read the full story, published in partnership with ProPublica: civilbeat.org/2024/08/maui-wildifre-evictions-fema
