A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery

By Associated Press

Published August 4, 2024 1:27pm ET

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Josephine Fraser worried her young family’s next home would be a tent.

Fraser and her partner, their two sons and their dog had moved nine times in as many months, from one hotel room to another, since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century razed her hometown of Lahaina, on Maui. They would sometimes get just 24 hours to relocate, with no immediate word where they were headed.