(Updated January 5, 2024)

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

The state Hawaiʻi Fire Relief Housing Program has merged with the helpingmaui.org initiative that is being operated by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) as the Kākoʻo Maui Housing Program . The information previously gathered by HHFDC is now incorporated into the helpingmaui.org database. For further details, please go to helpingmaui.org, or contact the CNHA Kakoʻo Maui Resource Center at kakoohousing@hawaiiancouncil.org or 808-596-8155.

All information and resources from the Hawaii Fire Relief Housing Program website can now be found on the helpingmaui.org website. The list of available properties will be administered through the Kākoʻo Maui Housing Program to assist survivors and those who would like to help.

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Financial assistance for landlords & property managers

The Hawaii Housing Finance Development Program does not directly provide financial assistance to any of the parties for participating in the Hawaiʻi Fire Relief Housing Program. There are, however, other state, city, and federal departments with programs that provide some financial assistance directly to those who are offering housing to survivors, and to survivors and their families:

• FEMA Direct Lease Program
• FEMA will work with property management companies that act on behalf of the government and contract with property owners of rental units. The units are offered to survivors for up to 18 months.
• CNHA Host Housing Support Program
• The Host Housing Support Program provides financial assistance to households offering housing to individuals and families displaced by the Maui wildfires.
• DHS Rental Assistance Program (DHS RAP)
• The program may provide additional financial resources to those who offer long-term housing to Maui wildfire survivors, specifically those survivors who are ineligible for FEMA housing assistance. See more here.

We will list more financial help resources as they become available. Please visit this page for details.

HHFDC thanks the Hawai‘i Association of REALTORS® for making its Standard Form Rental Agreement available to property owners and landlords free of cost through a license agreement with HHFDC.  Use of the Standard Form Rental Agreement by property owners and landlords is subject to the Standard Form Rental Agreement End User License Agreement.

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Call us at 808-587-0469 or Email us HHFDC at hhfdcfirereliefhousing@hawaii.gov.‍

Staff is available Monday to Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m (except state-observed holidays).

Need More Information? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Staff is available 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. HST, Monday - Friday. Please email us or leave a voicemail outside of these hours and staff will respond as soon as possible.

A note about UNLAWFUL EVICTIONS

Attorney General Anne Lopez is asking residential rental tenants on the island of Maui to inform the Department of the Attorney General if their landlords are illegally raising rent or threatening them with eviction for failure to pay rent, taxes, or fees.

• Under the Eighth Proclamation Relating to Wildfires, signed by Governor Josh Green, M.D. (the Emergency Proclamation), the landlord of a residential dwelling unit on the island of Maui is prohibited from charging more rent than what was being assessed as of August 9, 2023, unless such rent increase is contained in a written agreement that was signed by the tenant prior to August 9, 2023.
• Landlords violating these provisions of the Emergency Proclamation may be subject to penalties and remedies as provided by law, including civil penalties of up to $10,000 per day. See sections 127A-30(e) and 480-3.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
• If you believe that a landlord on Maui is acting illegally under the Emergency Proclamation, report what you know to the Department of the Attorney General.” hawaiiag@hawaii.gov