Steve Patterson is a correspondent in Los Angeles for NBC News.
Nine months after a deadly wildfire burned Lahaina, Hawaii, to the ground, the number of people living in hotels and other short-term housing has been reduced by 80%, Gov. Josh Green said this week. Housing for local residents was already extremely tight when the Aug. 8 fire — one of three on Maui that day — killed at least 102 people and destroyed 2,173 homes.
“And that’s a big deal.” He said Maui alone has 7,000 short-term rentals, and 2,200 are in West Maui, where much of the devastation occurred. “If this works, 2,200 additional rental units will be available, plus everything else we’re doing,” he said. After the fire, Green commissioned Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez to look into what happened that day, before, during and after the fire.
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