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This Lahaina Family Finally Finds A House To Call Home — At Least For A While Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

This Lahaina Family Finally Finds A House To Call Home — At Least For A While

In the span of a week, the Dadez family moved from a resort condo to a pair of studio hotel rooms and then, finally, into a five-bedroom home in Napili.

Lahaina Fire Survivors Prepare To Test Maui County’s Rules On Living In The Burn Zone (Courtesy: U‘i Kahue-Cabanting/2024)

Lahaina Fire Survivors Prepare To Test Maui County’s Rules On Living In The Burn Zone

With the trailer on a barge en route to Hawaii, two business partners plan to set up a makeshift home on the now-cleared property.

A Return To Lahaina? Camping Out On His Vacant Lot Sounds Perfect To This Fire Victim Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

A Return To Lahaina? Camping Out On His Vacant Lot Sounds Perfect To This Fire Victim

After 10 months living in a resort condominium paid for by the federal government, Mario Siatris just wants to get back to his land.

Maui Fire Survivor Picks Up Belongings From Hotel After Being Kicked Out Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Fire Survivor Picks Up Belongings From Hotel After Being Kicked Out

After nine months living in Maui hotel rooms funded by the federal government, U‘i Kahue-Cabanting no longer has a dedicated place to live. But she and her business partner have a plan.

Lahaina Business Owners Dive Into Busy Travel Season David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Lahaina Business Owners Dive Into Busy Travel Season

Additional opportunities have arisen in recent weeks as they navigate a new normal after the Aug. 8 fires.

After Debris Removal, Lahaina Fire Survivor Left With Blank Slate For Future Home Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

After Debris Removal, Lahaina Fire Survivor Left With Blank Slate For Future Home

Mario Siatris views the hauling away of fire debris on his property as forward momentum in a drawn-out recovery process.

Stalled Debris Removal Prolongs A Lahaina Family’s Grief Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Stalled Debris Removal Prolongs A Lahaina Family’s Grief

Mario Siatris is eager for the government to clear his Lahaina property of fire debris so he can inch one step closer to reconstruction.

Lahaina Family Stuck In Housing Limbo Tries To Navigate New Normal Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

Lahaina Family Stuck In Housing Limbo Tries To Navigate New Normal

Last month FEMA moved the Dadez family into a house with questionable water quality. Now the family is settled back into the government-sponsored condo they thought they had left for good.

FEMA Gave This Family A House In The Lahaina Burn Zone. Then They Found Out It Might Not Be Safe Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

FEMA Gave This Family A House In The Lahaina Burn Zone. Then They Found Out It Might Not Be Safe

Randy Dadez says the agency moved his family into a house that Maui County’s map clearly shows lacks clean water.

A New Delay For These Lahaina Fire Survivors Could Scramble Plans To Leave FEMA Hotels Behind Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

A New Delay For These Lahaina Fire Survivors Could Scramble Plans To Leave FEMA Hotels Behind

Mario Siatris and U‘i Kahue-Cabanting have lined up a trailer as a creative temporary housing solution while they wait to rebuild Mario’s home. But assembly delays threaten to complicate its overseas shipment date.