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Displaced Maui fire victims given ultimatum
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The state released a new plan Friday designed to speed up the placement of Maui fire victims to permanent housing.
However, Hawaii Public Radio reports if the families decline to accept any of the options offered, they are being given eight days to move out.
Households eligible for FEMA aid will get four options for accepting a housing plan that will provide housing for another 12-18 months. Those ineligible for aid will get two chances.
About 1400 households are still living in hotels at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to the state.
Last month, a coalition of non-profit and government partners came up with a $500 million dollar plan to provide interim housing.
Since then the number of households living in hotels has declined by 1,000 households as more have moved into housing with longtime leases funded by FEMA.
Some families have declined the offer because the homes would not accept pets or it was located too far from work and school. Some have also cited accessibility issues.
“Being in a shelter for a long period of time is not healthy for these families,” said Darrick Ching of Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency. “They need to regain their resilience and their sense of normalcy. So I think just to emphasize that point this is for every family’s well-being, as well as for the state and being fiscally responsible.”
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