News and Media: Disaster 4724

Press Releases & Fact Sheets

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LAHAINA, Maui – Wildfire survivors currently in FEMA’s Direct Housing Program will be required to begin paying rent on March 1, 2025. The rental requirement will be in effect for the remainder of FEMA’s housing assistance program, which has been extended through Feb. 10, 2026.
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LAHAINA, Maui – A community of 167 brightly colored temporary homes for wildfire survivors was completed this week on a Lahaina hillside where no housing existed a few months ago. The final modular home at the Kilohana group housing site, developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was installed and is ready for occupancy.
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FEMA continues to house survivors of the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires through its Direct Housing Program. Currently all households that remain eligible for the Direct Housing Program are licensed into direct housing units. Participants will continue to be housed as long as they remain eligible for the program and should remain in contact with their FEMA recertification advisor.
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A sewer line being built for FEMA’s Kilohana Temporary Group Housing Site will have long-term benefits for Lahaina.
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FEMA continues to house survivors of the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires through their Direct Housing Program. Participating property owners should stay in touch with their property manager and tenants should remain in contact with their FEMA recertification advisor.
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PDFs, Graphics & Multimedia

View the Disaster Multimedia Toolkit for social media and video content to help communicate about general disaster recovery.

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Maui Wildfires MAT Summary Report 1

Codes, Standards, and Permitting Mitigation Assessment Team Summary Report and Recommendations State of Hawai’i Maui Wildfires

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Maui Wildfires MAT Summary Report 2

Mitigation Assessment Team Summary Report and Recommendations State of Hawai’i Maui Wildfires

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Wildfire Recovery Resources for Maui (Maui Wildfires Recovery Advisory #1)

As the recovery efforts continue on Maui, this is a current list of resources available at the one-year anniversary of the Maui wildfires. Homeowners, business owners, public officials, as well as design and construction professionals can benefit from using the following wildfire resources in recovery efforts.

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Reducing Wildfire Risk to Your Home (Maui Wildfires Recovery Advisory #2)

Defensible space is an area with limited combustibles surrounding your home that helps to reduce the chance that your home will catch fire during a wildfire event. Defensible space is up to 100 feet from your home and slows or stops the progression of wildfire. Defensible space, coupled with structural hardening, is critical to increasing your home’s likelihood of surviving a wildfire.

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Designing New Residential Structures to Decrease Wildfire Risk (Maui Wildfires Recovery Advisory #3)

This Recovery Advisory, focused on one- and two-family dwellings, presents important fire safety recommendations for design professionals, including architects, engineers, installation professionals and contractors to reduce the likelihood of ignition and structure-to-structure fire spread in single family homes during a wildfire, where building setbacks and defensible space may be limited.

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Disaster Registration Flyer Zip File

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Draft Environmental Assessment for Fleming Road Temporary Group Housing Site, FEMA-DR-4724-HI, March 2024

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Public Notice for Fleming Road Temporary Group Housing Site, FEMA-DR-4724-HI, March 2024

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Final Environmental Assessment including FONSI signed 2/7/2024 for Kaʻanapali Temporary Group Housing Site, FEMA-DR-4724-HI, February 2024

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Appendices H-L for Draft Environmental Assessment for Kaʻanapali Temporary Group Housing Site, FEMA-DR-4724-HI, January 2024