The news brought relief to residents who lost their homes and have been staying in hotels and short-term rentals, and feared they would be asked to leave with nowhere to go.
WAILEA, Hawaii — Governor Josh Green on Friday said displaced residents whose homes were burned to the ground in the Maui wildfires will be able to extend their temporary hotel stays for the foreseeable future.
"This is a very long process, but we can assure housing for the long haul," he said."And we’re also going to open up Airbnb and other housing across the state of Hawaii and in other counties in case people end up relocating temporarily to those places." Mike Townsend, 40, who was sharing a house with his mother that was later condemned, has been staying in a hotel for the past two weeks. He said he's not sure what his plan will be moving forward.“I’m just existing. I ain’t never been in nothing like this,” said Townsend, who moved to Hawaii from Nevada more than a year ago to live with his mother.
“We don’t want people to think they’re going to get housed and suddenly be asked to leave," he said."It will be in 30-day increments, which will be constantly updated. So people will get housed.”While she initially feared being forced out of her hotel after the new apartment she was renting burned down, she said she's now seriously considering starting a new life in the continental U.S. because “rebuilding efforts may take too long.
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