Maui wildfire evacuees face uncertain future
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•Chronic housing shortage leaves Maui residents displaced a year after deadly wildfire
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Government and nonprofit groups have offered temporary solutions for displaced residents.
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.
But a housing market squeezed by vacation rentals is undermining attempts to find long-term shelter.
FEMA has focused on providing rentals for survivors who did not have insurance coverage for fire losses.
FEMA is directly leasing homes for more than 1,200 households and giving subsidies to 500 others to use on their own.
The approach has proved tricky partly because vacation rentals and timeshares are one-quarter of the housing supply.
FEMA raised its rates by 75 percent to entice landlords to rent to locals.
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