Some are bouncing from hotel room to hotel room, in some cases to make way for the return of tourists who are crucial to the local economy.
That’s trickier on Maui, an island of about 150,000 people that's a 30-minute plane ride from the nearest major city, Honolulu.
She signed a lease on Wednesday, paying the first month's rent and a deposit using aid money and $2,000 from a cousin.
Some landlords wanted as much as $8,000 to $10,000 a month, saying they could get that from tourists, Jachowski said.
The agency has identified four sites — three in Lahaina and one in central Maui — near power, water and sewer infrastructure.
Persons:
— Charles Nahale, Nahale, ” Nahale, Bob Fenton, ” Fenton, Gail McGovern, Josh Green, Tiffany Teruya, ”, Teruya, Matt Jachowski, Jachowski, —, Fenton, Richard Bissen, Roland Cazimero, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher
Organizations:
Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Red, Catholic Charities, Maui, Associated
Locations:
LAHAINA, Hawaii, Lahaina, U.S, Maui, Honolulu, Green