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Lahaina’s affordable Front Street Apartments will be rebuilt with more units, but not soon enough for some former residents
Plans to rebuild the housing complex destroyed by the 2023 wildfire now call for an increase of 98 units, but with a four-year timeline, residents whose FEMA housing will end in February are left in limbo.
Tax Credit Financing Secured for 89-Unit Kaiāulu O Kupuohi Development in Lahaina, Maui
Hunt Capital Partners, in collaboration with Ikaika ʻOhana and Urban Housing Communities LLC, announced the closing of $21.9 million in federal and $8.1 million in state low-income housing tax credit equity for the new construction of Kaiāulu O Kupuohi in Lahaina, Maui.
Tenants at Lahaina Front Street Apartments Celebrate Federal Court Win to Keep Rent Affordable Until 2051
Tenants of the Lahaina Front Street Apartments low-income housing project welcomed a federal court decision this week that ensures that the project will stay affordable until 2051.
Old UHMC Dorms Repurposed for Emergency Housing Project
Former UH-Maui College dormitory buildings were blessed Tuesday morning for Huliau, a project to make safe housing available for people who’ve fallen into homelessness. “Huliau” means “turning point, time of change.”
Maui Teen Launches “100 Real Estate Agents Who Care” Project
Pohaku Kepler of Kīhei Charter School hopes to encourage 100 local Real Estate agents to donate at least $100 each to Habitat for Humanity Maui, with the hopes of raising $10,000 to help build more affordable housing on Maui.
County’s First-Time Buyer’s Program Accepting Applications
Applicants will be selected in a lottery drawing on Jan. 17. The program will provide grants up to $30K to eligible applicants with qualifying properties.
Maui Renters Need to Work 123 Hours a Week to Afford 2-Bedroom Apartment
Hawai‘i has the highest “housing wage” in the country, at $36.13 per hour ($31.13 in Maui County), according to a new national report released today, or over $75,000 per year.
Review of Front Street Apartments Transactions Launched
Maui Mayor Arakawa has instructed his administration to examine the transactions of the owners of the Front Street Apartments in West Maui.
