The structures from Hungary-based company Continest can break down to less than two feet tall and can stack on top of each other.
Maude Cumming has worked to help put roofs over heads on Maui for decades, and she remembers the moment two weeks ago when she realized the scope of the loss in Lahaina.
They realized plans in place wouldn't fill the need, and found a product that had helped in other places where disaster had struck. "For the past week, we've pulled every favor under the sun, including a heavy airlift out of Hungary to get the units here on a NATO plane. So this has been a massive lift with a lot of moving parts. But so many people have stepped forward to help. So it's been an incredible effort," said Smith.
Each unit will have its own bathroom and kitchen added on. A company called RevoluSun from Oahu donated solar panels and batteries with the hopes this will be a totally off-grid project. The units will sit on land being leased from King's Cathedral Church.
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