{"id":2319012,"date":"2024-08-04T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-year-after-maui-wildfire-chronic-housing-shortage-and-pricey-vacation-rentals-complicate-recovery-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-04T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T17:55:08","slug":"a-year-after-maui-wildfire-chronic-housing-shortage-and-pricey-vacation-rentals-complicate-recovery-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-year-after-maui-wildfire-chronic-housing-shortage-and-pricey-vacation-rentals-complicate-recovery-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-year-after-maui-wildfire-chronic-housing-shortage-and-pricey-vacation-rentals-complicate-recovery-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2319012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The aftermath of the devastating\u200d wildfire\u200b in Lahaina, Maui, has led to significant challenges for\u2063 the displaced residents as they navigate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrants-worsening-us-housing-crisis\/\" title=\"Illegal immigrants exacerbating US housing crisis.\">housing crisis exacerbated<\/a> by a pre-existing shortage\u200d of \u200caffordable housing \u200dand a prevalence of vacation rentals. Thousands of survivors \u2064have\u2063 experienced a year of uncertainty in temporary accommodations, often\u200c moving frequently between\u200c hotels with little stability. Many families have faced the distress of explaining \u200ctheir situation to young \u2062children who long to return home.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts by \u2064various\u200d governmental and nonprofit organizations to provide housing solutions have included hotel rooms, temporary rentals, and government-funded modular homes; however, these attempts \u2064are \u2062strained by high costs and the dominance of\u200d vacation rentals in the local housing market. The Federal Emergency Management\u2062 Agency (FEMA) is actively \u2062involved in constructing modular homes and offering rental assistance, but rising rental \u2064prices have\u2064 complicated the \u200bsituation further.<\/p>\n<p>Local officials are seeking solutions, including converting vacation rentals into\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-government-is-distorting-the-housing-market\/\" title=\"How The Government Is Distorting The Housing Market\">long-term housing<\/a> to better accommodate residents. Governor Josh Green has emphasized the importance of community continuity and rebuilding, with hopes that\u200d residents can \u200csecure \u200ctheir settlements to help restore their lives. Despite these efforts, a portion of the population is considering relocating due to the ongoing housing challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The situation highlights key questions about how best\u200d to maintain community integrity in the face \u200dof natural disasters, as many residents express a\u2063 strong desire to remain connected\u200b to their homes and roots in \u200dLahaina. The community is confronted with a future that balances recovery with the risk of losing its cultural fabric.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1722148\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Josephine Fraser worried her young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>family<\/a>&rsquo;s next home would be a tent.<\/p>\n<p>Fraser and her partner, their two sons and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dog<\/a> had moved nine times in as many months, from one hotel room to another, since the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-wildfires-climate-change-92c0930be7c28ec9ac71392a83c87582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>deadliest U.S. wildfire<\/a>&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Red Cross was warning that the hotel shelter program would soon end and Fraser was having trouble explaining to her 3-year-old why they couldn&rsquo;t just go home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He just kept asking, &lsquo;Why?&rsquo;&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It really broke me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Like Fraser, thousands on Maui have faced a year of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-lahaina-housing-5a43b95a20e17dd3679c6ebc580994c7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>anxious uncertainty<\/a>&nbsp;since the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfire brought&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/maui-lahaina-hawaii-wildfire-911-calls-ab4aadbe17c604619ce35b454546dd56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>apocalyptic scenes<\/a>&nbsp;of destruction to Lahaina, the historic former capital of the Hawaiian kingdom, forcing some survivors to flee into the ocean. The fire killed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-wildfire-climate-change-lahaina-7c846f4d8e6a80e5c629d33347dc50e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>at least 102 people<\/a>&nbsp;and displaced 12,000.<\/p>\n<p>Government and nonprofit groups have offered temporary solutions for displaced residents, including providing hotel rooms, leasing apartments, assembling prefabricated homes and paying people to take in loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Disaster housing experts say the effort, expected to cost more than $500 million over two years, has been unprecedented in its cooperation among federal, state, county and philanthropic organizations toward keeping the community together.<\/p>\n<p>But on a tourism-dependent island where affordable homes were in short supply even before the fire, a housing market&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-vacation-rentals-housing-crisis-3a7468c75cc9814a7895e03c623e400b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>squeezed by vacation rentals<\/a>&nbsp;is undermining attempts to find long-term shelter for survivors even a year later.<\/p>\n<p>Just about all of the 8,000 survivors put up in hotels have been moved into other accommodations, but many of those are pricey condos once rented to visitors, and they aren&rsquo;t near residents&rsquo; jobs or their children&rsquo;s schools.<\/p>\n<p>Work to finish developments of temporary homes has been slowed by the difficulty of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lahaina-maui-wildfires-safety-health-ash-20caacae75766e700d10c6fa3da9de1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>clearing toxic debris<\/a>, obtaining materials from thousands of miles away, blasting and grading volcanic rock and installing water, sewer and electricity lines.<\/p>\n<p>Members of at least 1,500 households have already left for other islands or states, some estimates say. Locals fear more will depart if they can&rsquo;t find stable, affordable, convenient housing.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s particularly painful for Hawaii, where leaders&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/housing-shortage-costs-crisis-hawaii-174fe75cd86d83aad7c54483a57ef4e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>have long worried<\/a>&nbsp;the islands are losing their culture as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-las-vegas-honolulu-business-64c59fdb620111723686b66f10110187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>housing costs fuel an exodus<\/a>&nbsp;of Native Hawaiian and other local-born residents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You start to change the fabric of Hawaii,&rdquo; said Kuhio Lewis, chief executive of the nonprofit Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, which is involved in housing survivors. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s at stake, is the future of who Hawaii is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Josh Green told The Associated Press in an interview that the state is building transitional and long-term housing, changing laws to convert 7,000 vacation rentals to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-montana-democrat-invests-in-company-she-blames-for-housing-crisis\/\" title=\"This Montana Democrat Invests in Company She Blames For Housing Crisis\">long-term rentals<\/a> and swiftly settling lawsuits by fire survivors so plaintiffs can get the money they need to start rebuilding.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Will some people leave? Of course,&rdquo; Green said. &ldquo;But most will stay, and they&rsquo;ll really be able to stay if they get their settlements and can invest in their new houses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs and the state reached a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-maui-wildfire-settlement-50b9118225baa0043f2de2f5b62fba54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$4 billion global settlement<\/a>&nbsp;on Friday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-maui-wildfire-settlement-b4e6206cf7d8045e8e9e0473f37423c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to court filings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is building 16 modular units in Lahaina and 50 in Kahului, about an hour away, which kept Fraser and her family from winding up in a tent. In May, they moved into the first unit completed in Kahului, a small, white structure with two bedrooms and one bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>The neighborhood remains a dusty construction site. The location is not convenient for her job as a manager at a hotel restaurant in Lahaina, but Fraser, 22, is grateful. She can cook for her kids and they can play outside.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone&rsquo;s choice is to move out of Lahaina, to move off-island, to move to the mainland, and that&rsquo;s not something that we want to do,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Lahaina is our home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lahaina&rsquo;s plight highlights an important question as human-caused&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climate change<\/a>&nbsp;increases the severity and frequency of natural disasters: How far should governments go to try to keep communities together after such calamities?<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Van Zandt, with the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at Texas A&amp;M University, said it&rsquo;s a worthy goal. Being a part of a community that supports its members is important not only to their livelihoods but their mental health, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Gray Thompson, the CEO of nonprofit fire-recovery initiative After The Fire, said she has worked in 18 counties that have suffered massive wildfires since 2017, when she herself lived through blazes that ripped through Northern California&rsquo;s wine country.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson has never before seen the Federal Emergency Management Agency invest so heavily in keeping a community together, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maui is the first one I&rsquo;ve ever seen the federal government fully listen to the community &hellip; and actually really try to do what they were asking, which was to keep people on the island,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA has focused on providing rentals for survivors who did not have insurance coverage for fire losses. The agency is directly leasing homes for more than 1,200 households and giving subsidies to 500 others to use on their own. Many of the rentals are in Kihei, 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Lahaina.<a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, the approach has proved tricky partly because vacation rentals and timeshares are one-quarter of the housing supply.<\/p>\n<p>In October, FEMA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-lahaina-housing-5a43b95a20e17dd3679c6ebc580994c7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>raised its rates<\/a>&nbsp;by 75% to entice landlords to rent to locals. The agency is now paying $3,000 per month for a one-bedroom and more than $5,100 for a three-bedroom. People seeking housing on their own say that has inflated the rental market more.<\/p>\n<p>Frustration over the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-vacation-rentals-housing-crisis-3a7468c75cc9814a7895e03c623e400b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prevalence of vacation rentals<\/a>&nbsp;after the fire prompted Maui&rsquo;s mayor to propose&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-vacation-rentals-housing-362b482610fbb9d9bbb9da51989b5398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>eliminating them<\/a>&nbsp;in areas zoned for apartments. The measure is still under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA also is constructing 169 modular homes next to a similar site being built in Lahaina by the state and the Hawaii Community Foundation. Residents begin moving into FEMA&rsquo;s development in October. The $115 million project next to it will provide 450 homes for people who aren&rsquo;t eligible for FEMA; the first families arrive in the coming weeks. Residents begin moving into FEMA&rsquo;s development in October.<a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob Fenton, FEMA&rsquo;s regional administrator, told the AP the agency is even paying for survivors to fly elsewhere to live temporarily and to return when housing is ready.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our goal is the community&rsquo;s goal,&rdquo; Fenton said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve tried to do everything we can to support that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Reardon lost the home her grandfather passed down to her and her brother. When July came, she was still living in a hotel with her partner and two children. She twice declined offers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/FEMA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FEMA<\/a> to move off the island temporarily and provide her a car, she said, because her grandfather would have wanted her to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement moved her and her family into a two-bedroom apartment in West Maui, in the same building as her brother and his family.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To get that phone call was like somebody reaching out with light,&rdquo; Reardon said. Her daughter will be able to start kindergarten with her cousins at the school she would have attended before the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The council also is paying people who take in displaced loved ones, providing $500 a month per guest. That has been helpful for Tamara Akiona, who bought a small condo in central Maui with her husband after she lost the multigenerational home where she lived with 10 family members in Lahaina. The money has covered food and other costs since they took in her uncle, Ron Sambrano.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Without my family, I&rsquo;d probably be living on the beach or under a bridge or something,&rdquo; Sambrano said.<a><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lahaina-hawaii-wildfire-anniversary-housing-fema-b4d68e3e22eb68693c6e173dd1642b93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With stable housing, Fraser&rsquo;s family can begin finding a routine once again. She works during the day while her partner watches their sons. She returns to do dinner and baths before he leaves for his night shift as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/restaurants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>restaurant<\/a> server.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s awesome to have a roof, somewhere to call home,&rdquo; Fraser said. &ldquo;At least for now, until we go back into Lahaina.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1722148\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1722148\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year after the devastating wildfire in Maui, ongoing housing shortages and expensive vacation rentals are hindering recovery efforts. LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) \u2014 Josephine Fraser feared that her family might end up living in a tent. Since the deadliest wildfire in a century destroyed her hometown of Lahaina on August 8, 2023, she and her partner have relocated nine times with their two sons and dog, often given only 24 hours to find new accommodations without knowing where they would go next. With the Red Cross warning that their hotel shelter program was nearing its end, Fraser struggled to explain to her three-year-old why they couldn&#8217;t return home. \u201cHe just kept asking, \u2018Why?\u2019\u201d she shared. \u201cIt really broke me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Fraser, thousands of residents on Maui have endured a year filled with anxiety since the catastrophic fire devastated Lahaina\u2014once the historic capital of the Hawaiian kingdom\u2014forcing some survivors to escape into the ocean. The blaze claimed at least 102 lives and displaced around 12,000 people. Various government and nonprofit organizations have provided temporary solutions for those affected by offering hotel rooms, leasing apartments, constructing prefabricated homes, and incentivizing residents to take in displaced family members.<\/p>\n<p>Disaster housing experts note that this unprecedented collaboration among federal, state, county agencies and philanthropic groups is expected to cost over $500 million over two years as they work towards keeping communities intact. However, on an island reliant on tourism where affordable housing was already scarce before the fire struck\u2014and now further strained by vacation rentals\u2014the search for long-term shelter remains challenging even after a year.<\/p>\n<p>While nearly all of the approximately 8,000 survivors initially housed in hotels have been relocated into other accommodations\u2014many being costly condos previously rented out to tourists\u2014these options are often far from their jobs or children&#8217;s schools. Progress on developing temporary homes has been hampered by issues such as clearing hazardous debris and sourcing materials from distant locations.<\/p>\n<p>Some estimates suggest that at least 1,500 households have already left for other islands or states due to these challenges; locals fear more will follow if stable housing isn&#8217;t found soon\u2014a particularly painful prospect for Hawaii&#8217;s leaders who worry about losing local culture amid rising housing costs driving away Native Hawaiians and other long-time residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou start changing Hawaii\u2019s fabric,\u201d said Kuhio Lewis from the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement involved in aiding survivors\u2019 housing needs. \u201cWhat\u2019s at stake is who Hawaii will be in future.\u201d Governor Josh Green stated that efforts are underway to create transitional and permanent housing while modifying laws aimed at converting around 7,000 vacation rentals into long-term options.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday it was announced that plaintiffs reached a $4 billion settlement with state officials regarding fire-related claims which could help many rebuild their lives more effectively moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>The Council is also constructing modular units: sixteen units in Lahaina along with fifty others an hour away in Kahului\u2014which helped prevent Fraser&#8217;s family from ending up homeless again; they moved into one completed unit there this May\u2014a modest two-bedroom home amidst ongoing construction nearby but still providing them stability compared with previous months spent moving frequently between hotels.<\/p>\n<p>Fraser expressed gratitude despite challenges: &#8220;Everyone\u2019s choice is either leaving Lahaina or going off-island&#8230; but we don\u2019t want that,&#8221; she emphasized about wanting stability back home rather than relocating elsewhere permanently amidst uncertainty surrounding recovery efforts post-wildfire disaster events like these raise important questions about how far governments should go when trying keep communities together following such tragedies according Shannon Van Zandt from Texas A&amp;M University\u2019s Hazard Reduction Center emphasizing community support plays vital roles not just economically but mentally too during tough times like these faced across various regions impacted heavily by natural disasters recently seen nationwide including California wildfires affecting many families similarly struggling through similar hardships today still seeking answers alongside hope rebuilding futures ahead together once again soon enough hopefully!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2319013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maui-fire-anniversairy-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37136,37134,37137,37135],"class_list":["post-2319012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-housing-shortage","tag-maui","tag-vacation-rentals","tag-wildfire-recovery"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maui-fire-anniversairy-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}