Hale Mahaolu, a nonprofit affordable housing provider, has announced plans to redevelop the Front Street Apartments, which are owned by the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation. The redevelopment project is expected to provide 240 units of family housing for Maui residents.

Hawaiʻi Energy, the state’s energy conservation program, in partnership with the Hawaiian Council, has launched the Maui Residential Rebuild Program, aimed at helping wildfire-impacted Lahaina residents rebuild their homes sustainably and affordably. 

With the transportation of debris from the Lahaina fire to its permanent site in Central Maui nearing completion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun preparations to restore the land used for the temporary debris location in Olowalu.

The County of Maui Office of Recovery will host an open house on Lahaina town commercial area design plans on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Lahaina Cannery Mall, near the entrance to Longs Drugs.

Information on restoration plans for the Olowalu site used for temporary storage of wildfire debris will be shared at an open house on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Lahaina Resource Center.

Maui Rescue Mission Executive Director Scott Hansen will provide a “Two Year Post-Fire Update” to the Rotary Club of Kīhei-Wailea, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.

Homeowners in the Wahikuli Houselots Subdivision are encouraged to attend an in-person workshop on the Wahikuli Gravity Sewer Design Project on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lahaina Resource Center at Lahaina Gateway.

Mayor Bissen is traveling to attend next week’s After the Fire USA 2025 Wildfire Leadership Summit in California. Meanwhile, he is monitoring Hurricane Kiko as it moves into the Central Pacific Basin on Friday and will shorten out-of-state travel if weather emergencies are forecast. 

Hoʻokumu Hou’s First-Time Homebuyer Opportunity Program application period will close Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, the County of Maui Office of Recovery announced at Wednesday night’s Lahaina Community Meeting. However, applications for Hoʻokumu Hou’s Single-Family Homeowner Reconstruction and Single-Family Homeowner Reimbursement programs will remain open.

The County of Maui Office of Recovery is encouraging residents to find official information on Hoʻokumu Hou housing programs directly through the County due to potential fraud by third-party entities.

Residents are encouraged to attend the County of Maui’s Lahaina Community Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at the Lahaina Intermediate School cafeteria.

Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO) received the prestigious Promise of Community Action Award from the National Community Action Partnership (NCAP) for the agency’s work in the aftermath and the recovery phases of the devastating and deadly 2023 wildfires.

On Thursday, Aug. 21, the 3D printer was officially delivered to the school. To mark the occasion, Hanvit visited Rivas’ 3rd and 5th grade technology classes, sharing her personal journey into coding and technology with the young students.

The Maui Arts League is offering cash grants to Maui artists and art teachers impacted by the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires. Applications are due Sept. 15.

The County of Maui Office of Recovery is encouraging all wildfire survivors to connect with a Disaster Case Manager (DCM), if they have not already done so, to take advantage of critical recovery support and guidance.

Gov. Josh Green, MD, launched a new policy report titled “Results for our People,” which outlines the Green administration’s plans to tackle significant issues facing the state of Hawai‘i. The report builds upon priorities discussed during his 2025 State of the State Address to the Legislature.

Maui Housing Hui, in collaboration with the University at Albany and the University of North Texas, will host a Talk Story event on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, to present new research findings on housing decision-making following the Maui wildfires.

The final factor in the traffic equation appears to be the trucks hauling Lahaina wildfire debris from the temporary disposal site in Olowalu to the permanent site at the Central Maui Landfill — up to 50 of them, according to the mauirecovers.org dashboard. The trucks are identified by “Lahaina Wildfire Debris” decals and are “making multiple round trips daily.”

Thanks to the generosity of more than 240,000 donors from 78 countries, the Maui Strong Fund has raised over $209 million (including interest earned).

The Maui Planning Commission approved a special management area permit Tuesday for a somewhat scaled-back reconstruction of an oceanfront home on Front Street property owned by a retired Boeing executive and his wife, Stanley and Dilara Deal. In the end, the most hotly disputed issue: the size of the home was reduced about 10% from […]