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The Long Road Home: Dadez Family

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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 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.

Family Displaced By Lahaina Fires Keeps ‘Moving Forward’ While Waiting For Housing Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

Family Displaced By Lahaina Fires Keeps ‘Moving Forward’ While Waiting For Housing

Background checks are now complete but no word from FEMA on when the Dadezes will move out of the condo.

Another FEMA Delay Keeps This Family In A Resort Condo For Another Month Bryan Berkowitz/Civil Beat/2023

Another FEMA Delay Keeps This Family In A Resort Condo For Another Month

Randy Dadez is just grateful to have a place for his family to stay as he works to piece together their broken lives after the Aug. 8 wildfire.

Anxiety Sets In For Family Displaced By Lahaina Fire As Moving Day Looms Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

Anxiety Sets In For Family Displaced By Lahaina Fire As Moving Day Looms

The Dadezes are excited to possibly live in a house after months in hotel rooms. But they know their next location won’t be permanent either.

Lahaina Family Counts Christmas Blessings Despite The Uncertainty Ahead Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023

Lahaina Family Counts Christmas Blessings Despite The Uncertainty Ahead

The stressors of daily life compound the challenges fire survivors are facing.

Finding A Home Becomes A Matter Of Life And Health Bryan Berkowitz/Civil Beat/2023

Finding A Home Becomes A Matter Of Life And Health

The stress of living with uncertainty is beginning to take a toll on the Dadez family.

The Fire Turned This Lahaina Family’s Dream To Ashes Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023

The Fire Turned This Lahaina Family’s Dream To Ashes

Now Randy Dadez and his six family members are just hoping to find a place they can afford to live until the future becomes clearer.