Hawaii governor vows to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfires

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Hawaii governor vows to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfires
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Hawaii’s governor vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimized” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from a deadly wildfire that incinerated a historic island community, as schools began reopening.

that killed more than 150 on the Big Island, and its website says they may be used to alert for fires.

“I can’t answer why people don’t trust people,” Bissen said. “The people who were trying to put out these fires lived in those homes — 25 of our firefighters lost their homes. You think they were doing a halfway job?” Many in Lahaina struggled to afford life in Hawaii before the fire. Statewide, a typical starter home costs over $1 million, while the average renter pays 42% of their income for housing, according to a Forbes Housing analysis. That's the highest ratio in the country by a wide margin. than the islands for the first time in history, driven in part by a search for cheaper housing.

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