Housing

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.

A fair number of celebrities own property in Hawaiʻi — and it's been that way for many years. But when they sell their homes, they often do it quietly. And doing that sales process without publicity is gaining in popularity — and not just for the rich and famous.

A deferred Maui County Council bill offered a home exemption to residents who buy a home that was recently used as a short-term rental.

Chairs of both legislative housing committees are considering bills to reserve housing for Hawaiʻi residents.

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.

As Maui County faces lawsuits over a new law that phases out thousands of short-term vacation rentals, vacation rental owners on Hawaiʻi Island have been given more time before new registration requirements take effect.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa economics professor Nori Tarui and UH Shidler College of Business graduate student Muhammad Talal Khan spoke with HPR's Maddie Bender about their research into sea level rise and its impact on Hawaiʻi's real estate value.

Twenty-three Kauaʻi families have moved into new homes under the county's Lima Ola Project Workforce Housing Development project.

Condo building insurance rates are stabilizing five months after the state’s Hurricane Relief Fund began issuing policies to buildings that couldn't secure coverage on the traditional market.

The Maui County Council has passed a measure to phase out short-term vacation rentals; Sierra Lynne Stone, a sixth-generation kalo farmer on the North Shore of Kauaʻi, shares how her family's farm has grown