Fire-affected households continue to face a housing crisis: Compared to before the fires, they now typically pay 50-60% more rent for a home with the same or fewer bedrooms. The price paid for larger units with 3 or more bedrooms has increased the most, with rents rising by almost 90%. Since August 2024, the rental cost burden appears to have lessened for selected groups, but overall remains much higher than before the fires.

About half of the people who have lower incomes than before the wildfires are now paying higher rents and the affordability crisis remains persistent, with some relief noted by people on similar incomes as before the fires.

Housing stability has declined sharply in the aftermath of the fires. The proportion of fire-affected households living with family/friends or unhoused remains nearly double what it was before the wildfires, but appears to have decreased in the last few months. Among those affected, even at the start of 2025, 5% of former homeowners and 6% of former renters no longer have stable housing.

People have had to move between temporary housing less often since August 2024, with over 70% of respondents having now lived at their current address for 6 months or longer. But further displacement remains a threat. Nearly half of respondents remain in temporary housing. Of those, more than a third are staying with friends and family, are unhoused, or are living in temporary units without assistance.

Almost 90% of residents from the Lahaina burn area are still displaced from their homes and about half also had to leave West Maui.

Displacement has not only affected residents of West Maui and Kula but also those from other parts of the island. About a third of those who worked or owned businesses in West Maui or Kula, but lived elsewhere, have been displaced from their homes since the disaster and remain displaced.

At least 1 in 8 of the surveyed households live in crowded conditions. The proportion of households that may be affected by crowding is unchanged from August 2024 and it appears that the number of households living in severely crowded conditions has been trending upwards.

Most people intend to stay or return to West Maui. About 1 in 3 households living outside of West Maui plan to move back within the next year. But these expectations do not align with the multi-year timeline to rebuild permanent housing or the availability of temporary housing units in the area.