The Office of Resiliency and Recovery recently announced that the deadline to submit a new application for the Hawaiʻi Interim Housing Program (HIHP), for Maui residents displaced by the August 2023 wildfires, is December 15, 2024. Households that have existing applications have until January 15, 2025 to complete any remaining information for HIHP processing.

HIHP is managed by the Hawaiʻi Office of Recovery and Resiliency (HI-ORR) in partnership with the state Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC). The HIHP program has been open for applications since July 2024 and is currently housing 135 survivor households in 148 units in several housing solutions across Maui.

HIHP includes all state of Hawaiʻi interim housing sites related to DR-4724-HI Maui wildfires recovery, including Hale ‘O Lāʻie (formerly the Haggai Institute in Kīhei), Ka Laʻi Ola in West Maui, and the Hawaiʻi Disaster Rental Assistance Program (RAP), which places survivors in temporary rental units. Additional interim housing sites may also become available in future.

For more information and to apply, visit https://dbedt.hawaii.gov/hhfdc/hawaiistaterecovers/ or call 1-808-727-1550.