As wildfires rage through Lahaina, the governor of Hawaii has vowed to protect locals from getting displaced by affluent outsider buyers and real estate opportunists eyeing a rebuilt Maui.
Will Cain shares the stories of Hawaiian residents who are continuing to move supplies to help the struggling communities.
Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii, a state that has faced a chronic housing shortage for years, is working toward a moratorium on land transactions in Lahain but may face legal challenges ahead. Hotels and condos"that we can’t afford to live in — that’s what we’re afraid of," he said Saturday at a shelter for evacuees.
Avery Dagupion, whose family’s home was destroyed, said he’s angry that residents weren’t given earlier warning to get out. HAWAII WILDFIRE BECOMES DEADLIEST US BLAZE IN MORE THAN A CENTURY AS DEATH TOLL REACHES 93, EXPECTED TO GROW
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