FEMA

Hiro Toiya, an incident management assistance team leader with FEMA, explains how Hawaiʻi residents can apply online or in-person for financial assistance after the Kona low storms.

Jim Kelly, Hawaiian Electric Company, on rising electric bills; HPRʻs Ashley Mizuo reports on how it's the first year lawmakers had to decide how to spend revenue from The Green Fee

The Trump administration has announced that federal disaster assistance is available to help with recovery efforts following two Kona low storm systems that hit last month.

The state has reached an agreement with FEMA to extend temporary housing assistance for Maui wildfire survivors; Palolo Boxing Club coach Joel Kim talks about the impact his job has had on the community

On Friday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem approved Hawaiʻi’s request to extend FEMA temporary housing assistance for Maui wildfire survivors until February 2027.

More than 900 Maui fire survivor households are waiting in limbo for a decision on whether FEMA housing assistance will be extended beyond the end of February. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has more.

Khara Jabola-Carolus is one of the authors of a report on Filipino women survivors of the Maui wildfires. She spoke to The Conversation's Maddie Bender about recent incorrect claims made by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

FEMA is ending its in-person availability for fire survivors at Maui recovery centers. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports.

A temporary housing development is nearing completion for fire survivors in Lahaina who didn’t qualify for FEMA assistance. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports that, along with a roof over their heads, residents are also finding stability and community.

Starting March 1, fire survivor households in FEMA’s direct housing program on Maui were required to start paying rent. Now, as HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, some of those families are delinquent and facing removal from the program.