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%.

Median rents have started to decrease since January by about 10-20% for one and two- bedroom properties.

More than 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 at least 25% higher than before the wildfires. Among those affected, even now, 6% of former homeowners and 7% of former renters no longer have stable housing.

People have had to move between temporary housing less often since August 2024, with about three quarters 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 had to leave their homes and about 40% also remain displaced from 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.

Most people intend to stay or return to West Maui. But since the beginning of the year there has been a drop in the number of people who expect that they will still be living there in a year’s time. 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.