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Hawaii governor wants 3,000 vacation rentals converted to housing for Maui wildfire survivors

By AUDREY McAVOY (Associated Press) HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday said he wants 3,000 condos and homes that are normally rented to Maui tourists converted to long-term housing for displaced wildfire survivors who are now living in hotels. Green said he’s prepared to use the “hammer” of post-fire emergency orders to make sure owners of short-term vacation rentals extend them to long-term units if enough spaces aren’t converted voluntarily by mid-January. The governor said that as of Thursday, there were 6,297 residents still living in hotels more than four months after the Aug.

 

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