In Maui and across America, climate change and extreme weather are hurting housing affordability - KITV Honolulu

In Maui and across America, climate change and extreme weather are hurting housing affordability | Devastation in Lahaina | kitv.com

Washington, DC (CNN) — Three weeks before wildfires ravaged Maui, killing more than 100 people and displacing thousands, Hawaii’s governor, Josh Green, had warned of a different emergency: an acute housing crisis.

Now Maui starts down the long process of rebuilding the more than 2,000 homes and businesses lost. Much of the devastating damage was to the homes and business where Maui’s working class lived and worked. Many find themselves now caught in both a housing crisis and a climate emergency.