High housing prices force wildfire victims off Maui | DW News

[@courtneymeehan504]

Love how I, as an American citizen, have to watch a German news network to find out what is going on in America...

[@Heidi_05089]

Our news didn't want to cover it when it happened. Only showed us when BIDEN FINALLY SHOWED UP for those AMERICANS! Then, he gives each family a joke of $700. This is heartbreaking.

[@shaggybreeks]

Actually, this is what YOU CHOOSE TO BELIEVE....

[@RippieFarmer]

That's because no natives have been forced to leave Maui, but other countries don't really know that and are just gleaming clips from other news reports to build a story that isn't real.

[@kennethfeagins1414]

You're not alone... Texas here.

[@PedanticAntics]

You don't. You just have to ask locals. We have social media now.

[@danielguasca1271]

I know it’s completely unrelated, but how come the us congress can approve billions of dollar for foreign aid and instead of a sending billion to fix this.

[@courtneymeehan504]

It is not unrelated. You are %100 correct!

[@erikh9991]

There is less than 2 million people living on the Hawaii islands and no one in congress will get their 10% like Big Guy.

[@federalreservebrown2507]

it is completely related and the answer is anti semitic

[@FarmingUnclear]

It seems the US govt only helps certain people

[@Aqui77aO]

Probably because they are plotting to snatch up all the land.. I doubt this is an honest situation.

[@cpnbd]

Anyone who doesn’t see that this was intentional and caused for this purpose is blind as a bat

[@vicshrily]

EXACTLY!!

[@LittleStar261]

It’s pretty clear to me. Police blocking roads, no fire fighting response. Horrible nightmare.

[@mrbeau5387]

Oprah bought all the land

[@kjmax1068]

The govt should be sued

[@jpslaym0936]

@@LittleStar261 Dont forget the DEW. Saw youtube video of it videoed from Oahu (and very fast UAP) but it was taken down immediately

[@shafthespaceegg]

Please keep us Americans updated our own news organizations do not cover this

[@danielroselle3625]

Agree! Hawai"I resident here with family on Maui. Better, more honest, more comprehensive coverage than any US or local news outlet. Thanks DW. This is good reporting. Sad, but good.

[@MissRed92837]

The Lahaina fire was all over the US news for weeks.

[@annalehman93941]

It they keep it, they will be sunctioned and closed like RT 😂 Because american media conglomerates doesn't want someone with real news

[@caroldannenberg9778]

I'm American, and don't even bother to watch American news anymore, since I found DW.

[@DRWKAB]

@@danielroselle3625 you sound like a "Trust me, my Dad was a Doctor" kind of person.

[@aggedyran]

This is an absolute tragedy. Vulture capital is picking at the corpse of the U.S. and what's happening in Lahaina is an example of how bold and ruthless they are. The mayor should be jailed.

[@proton8741]

Airbnb is a plague. Many studies show their responsibilities renting prices apartment and housing skyrocket for residents. Here in Europe, it has became one of the main factor explaining that situation. All of this for a Instagram tourism that increases GHES emissions ! In this case, it's possible also that it will be an "opportunity" for speculative economy to build resorts...

[@ChristisKing117]

This has nothing to do with capitalism. This all part of the great reset. The global elite against the common people. Prices are deliberately being driven up so you will own nothing and be happy. When you can’t own anything, you technically are a slave to those who do own things.

[@rebeccarittenhouse2203]

Why would you jail the mayor? Thats ridiculous.

[@kmb_jr]

@@rebeccarittenhouse220313:46

[@bonnenaturel6688]

funny how they were not that concerned with 9/11 contamination.

[@JedidiahMaya]

The Lahaina fire has criminal underpinnings. The death count is artificially low.

[@22lilacsky]

💯

[@jharris3267]

No it’s not.

[@22lilacsky]

@@jharris3267 Which planet are you living on....

[@dextermoore278]

IT WAS AN INTENTIONAL FIRE FOR THE RICH ELITES TO BUY UP ALL THE PROPERTY ON MAUI. I AM TALKING ABOUT OPRAH AND MARK ZUCKERBERG.

[@nadinewhittome9140]

Don't forget the mobile phone network was down hours and power was cut hours before the fire. Tourists were based out but locals were stopped from evacuating. Fire-fighters who did try to put fires out also faced having no water. The water had been turned off. An emergency proclamation declared 2 days prior to the event, journalists were banned from the area and much, much more. I've been following this seemingly suspicious event since it was first reported. I live in a country very familiar with huge bush fires and there is no way the peope couldn't be warned. TV, radio, people on the ground. From day one I've thought, things just don't add up with this fire. DW you have fabulous reporters. Please for the sake of the Maui people, please get some investigative journalists digging deeper than what you have here. By the way, this is the most honest report from a news source that I've seen yet.

[@jpslaym0936]

So much sacrifice in Lahaina

[@anneb889]

So who coordinated all this? Thats the question. Who is going to benefit?

[@felixthekate4800]

The globalists.

[@mr.sir.]

Klaus Schwab and the four Reic- I mean World economic forum​@@anneb889

[@yeevita]

It is really unfortunate that my brain has memory. I remember the videos before the fire of power lines knocked down by high winds, as well as lots of items being blown around. Oh wait! I just realized: It was a conspiracy to control the wind!! OMG, how did I not see that? I am blind!

[@erinmcdonald7781]

I like how I'm hearing about this from you and not our media outlets. 🤬💔🌺

[@jasonconrad5772]

The institutional investors wanting this land are heavily invested into the main media networks.

[@erinmcdonald7781]

@@jasonconrad5772 That tracks. It goes along with the phenomenon of concentrating wealth amongst fewer and wealthier people. 🤬💔

[@Gilvids]

Theyre busy broadcasting taylor swift love story with the football dude

[@shmoejoedesy9449]

Lol your just now figuring this out. I have never followed our own news. I've known this since i was 12.

[@TJPoppy]

$15,000 Airbnb Still paying mortgage in a home that doesn’t exist anymore, this is pure abuse! What a disgrace, people of Hawaii stay strong. 🤲🏼❤️

[@Giveuspeace]

The government should satisfy the mortgages. Greedy people everywhere, it makes me sick.

[@kookietherapy9398]

Many homes, especially condos were on leased land, so no equity in that, plus people still having to pay HOA fees.

[@user-pn9db8sm5w]

Paying for a house that has burned down doesn't make sense, their insurance should have covered the cost.

[@geniferteal4178]

If you borrow money to buy something you are responsible for the debt. The debt doesn't burn up with the house or disappear if the car gets stolen. This is what insurance is for.

[@jonathandoersmith]

No worry Biden gave them 700 dollars

[@reyesarg]

I can't comprehend the amount of frustration Hawaiians are going through when they have to pay a mortgage on a house that no longer exists. It's stressful & it hurts my heart. I wish the local islanders find peace and a place to live on THEIR land.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Like the banks and government with a stroke of a pen can't erase that debt and relieve a small burden

[@VictoriaPalapala]

it wasnt hawaiians who survived unnatural fires and homes property it mostly local kamaina very good wholesome ppl .. live hawaii lives but now struggling there no hawaiian ppl as advertised there are dark skin ppl indegenous ppl but majority on welfare drugs etc by choice like anywhere n life communitys get lazy ppl and get ppl who work to take care their own selfs and not be burdon on us tax payers al🩵ha🐳

[@tarpanc34]

insurance everyone knows you must have insurance for a loan on a house, the house burns down the insurance pays off the debt.. and your left with whats left..

[@river4462]

Especially because this was nefarious, a planned and deliberate violent act. No one should be homeless if this was not about the damn tourists and making money off of so many tourists that many Hawaiian could care less about. Many have jobs that do not have anything to do with tourism. And these many are fine in the jobs not in the tourism trade. Farming and exporting to the mainland is a step in the right direction. Year round farming is a blessing. Especially in these tragic and hurtful times.

[@jonnymckittrickisalive]

When you have a mortgage, your lender wants to make sure your property is protected by insurance. That's why lenders generally require proof that you have homeowner's insurance.

[@annalouisestewart9139]

The treatment of these displaced residents is absolutely unacceptable

[@garybulwinkle82]

Should of had insurance!

[@VictoriaPalapala]

majority have insurance it pays as little as possible ..

[@rnettles6241]

@@VictoriaPalapala They can claim NOTHING on insurance because the local Hawaiian government will not let insurance people properly inspect the damages. NO insurance company pays without investigating "accidents" to make sure that it was indeed an accident. Obviously, this disaster was government sponsored, subsequently no one outside military, FEMA, FBI, or top Hawaiian government can have a look.

[@thedarkslide]

AirBnB does so much damage to communities. This is just another example. If housing for residents is so scarce, the state government should ban short term rentals or tax them so high, they don't make sense anymore.

[@danielraymadden]

Evil greedy people burned their houses down...

[@RogueArcher24]

Irresponsible millionaires do damage using Airbnb. Airbnb and short term rentals help the average person supplement their incomes. I'm one of them, I'm in a remote poor area and if it wasn't for Airbnb id be on welfare

[@thedarkslide]

@@RogueArcher24 If it was illegal to turn properties into 100% AirBnB rentals and the only legal options on AirBnB were properties primarily in use by their renters/owners, putting them on AirBnB to fill open gaps in the calendar when not using the property themselves, then AirBnB wouldn't scale as a business model. That platform wouldn't exist. Same with Uber or Lyft - those companies claim their drivers are only part time - but the reality is the majority of drivers do this as their full time occupation. The gig economy including AirBnB are a cancer, they do more harm than good.

[@Alex-qo7ke]

Alot of Politian's own these airbnb or directly invest in the housing market, thats why worldwide there has been no movement on fixing the issues.

[@MakanaMarley-ky6oz]

It’s bad enough Hawaiians have been stripped of their cultural practices and real jobs that benefit the land, to work in tourism just to scrap by

[@StashHouse56]

$15,000 a month for an airbnb? What?

[@user-eh8yz6ko3t]

That’s for a very nice ocean front which would be expensive any where in the world lol Go a block away and it’s a fraction of the cost

[@oakridgemall-8jl2h9f]

@@user-eh8yz6ko3t It must be pretty cheap along the seafronts of Gaza, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Yemen, though I could be wrong.

[@1wun1]

​@@oakridgemall-8jl2h9f Somalia...

[@priceandpride]

Seriously why is the government paying this money

[@1wun1]

@@priceandpride The money trail...

[@ksk6101]

Force the mega-wealthy to sell land (at low price) or give to Lahaina residents. They bought it on the cheap. They should leave NOT Maui residents! And what happened to all of the millions of dollars of donations for the Lahaina residents???!!!!! This reeks of a land grab!

[@priceandpride]

Your inefficient charities used all those donations and things people didn’t need.

[@britishpatriot7386]

​@Bikes0420😂😂😂 give me a break, you really are delusional 😂 BRITS FOR TRUMP 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲🇮🇱

[@cosmicllama6910]

People who donated when The Rock and Oprah told you to wete naive. They were part of the land grab.

[@francismarion6400]

​​@Bikes0420A commune rejected your messiah!

[@kjmax1068]

Agree with you.

[@caroldannenberg9778]

First the mayor says, "I wasn't there; I don't know." Then he says, "I do know that the police did everything possible to save lives." How does he know that, if he wasn't there and doesn't know what happened? Sounds like that 's just what he wants to believe.

[@user-1rg9f2-g3l6d]

He is a former judge. He's familiar with all the tactics.

[@starlight_44]

😂exactly, that 🤡mayor is just protecting his own behind and his pals from the fire station &police force.😒👎

[@deathpyre42]

I mean, given that the police blocked roads out, didn't sound the emergency sirens (and no, if you look it up that island has emergency sirens for earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires.) and cut off water supplies, it's almost certainly arson.

[@marisahokefazi2949]

​@@deathpyre42 I still remember when Cannery Row in Carmel, CA burned down all at once because they couldn't plan a flood.

[@Yenchantress1isaStarr]

Lies revealed.

[@curtdaddy473]

This should be considered price gouging. The people behind this have as much integrity as that Martin Shkreli pharma bro and I hope they are treated similarly.

[@fzakrzewski]

it depends - what if someone just bought that house, and pays ~14k mortgage? (I don't think it's THAT crazy.. but can't say it's not either..) how and why that person is supposed to now carry people who lost their belonging in a fire? life is not always binary good vs. evil but a shades of gray

[@federalreservebrown2507]

ya, and nearly 99% of them are japanese,

[@ConsciousConversations]

It is and worse. Just no one in the States media or politics cares about the citizens, the people of Maui forced to become citizens then continue to have their homes and histories stolen from them.. like the U.S. does.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

@@federalreservebrown2507 No, about 50% of the population is Asian, mostly Filipino and around 30% is caucasian. Japanese historically in Hawai’i are actually very kind, caring & considerate towards Hawaiians… but they’re the only ones.

[@Ukie88]

Terrible that citizens are not promised long term support until their land is cleaned up.

[@MarlonBrando420]

I mean, since when does a fire make the land toxic? Is that the same on the mainland? Did they consider California land that was burned toxic?

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

That's how capitalism works.

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

@@splinejones4489 Hawaii was a sovreign state invaded by the US. The government has corrupt incentives; of course they don't care.

[@lih-fk8by]

lMeanwhile non citizens are doing pretty well

[@oakridgemall-8jl2h9f]

@@MarlonBrando420 As soon as --- or if --- the Gaza-Israel War ends, Gazans will be back, rebuilding their homes.

[@HappyValleyCrawlers]

It’s all coordinated and going according to plan. Push residents out so those with money can buy the properties and rebuild

[@ilyaw.3081]

Oprah knows what’s up!

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Yup. And just like that they scoop up the lnad thats been owned for generations

[@jonathandoersmith]

oh yes , build back better

[@Michadoo]

Definitely seems that way

[@elizabethcote9070]

And the Rock, lizard man, 🧐🤔

[@morriselee]

$9000 a month for renting is crazy!

[@brent4073]

Hawaii is a series of islands in the middle of the pacific ocean. It is ~2,500 miles from the continental US...

[@Gilvids]

​@@brent4073your point?

[@priceandpride]

Wasteful

[@ThatOpalGuy]

@@Gilvids living a first world life in the middle of the pacific isnt cheap?

[@exeexecutor]

its due to supply is low and demand is high then price goes up

[@Ukie88]

Compassion needed not greed.

[@balsarmy]

Agree

[@caroldannenberg9778]

Yeah, I love how the owners of big business don't want to help the displaced because "they'll lose money." 😡

[@user-1rg9f2-g3l6d]

@@caroldannenberg9778 But then who's gonna change the bedding, clean up, cook and serve meals to keep everying running?

[@paulomilan515]

​@@user-1rg9f2-g3l6dPriorities Priorities what to do?

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

Funny how Hawaii has had NO problem for decades charging tourists exorbitant rent prices and now it's their turn to pay and they complain. Hawaii's greed has come back to bite them.

[@jasperedwards2713]

getv rid of them golf clubs

[@Dog.soldier1950]

=jobs

[@oakridgemall-8jl2h9f]

@@Dog.soldier1950 Jobs, but no (suitable) accommodation, just like in Canada now.

[@pixiet7321]

This is such a HUGE tragedy

[@SimEon-jt3sr]

Yeah pretty much happening everywhere it seems now? It's funny how when 10% control most the land and money it's like they can take over a town and they're never even around. It's like people think that that is what freedom is. It's not. It's called being rich fools

[@federalreservebrown2507]

you spelled crime wrong

[@FarmingUnclear]

you spelled real estate opportunity wrong

[@sky-eo8tz]

The fire itself was very strange ,without forest,trees,bushes around, it melted everything

[@hime273]

DEW

[@openyoureyes3969]

Direct Energy Weapon. Air to surface laser. Only two test sites in the U.S. One is off shore Maui

[@kittybeck151]

@@hime273 Exactly right. We always had to live with the nuke threat, now this. Pray for our Space Force. I do believe ETs are real. People who would do this are not human! That's why they have no compassion, they don't care about us.

[@marymanju4757]

very strange

[@fullcircle.organics]

If they don't want to rent the houses long term pass an emergency decree. Doesn't seem right for native Hawaiians to be homeless while there is sufficient housing.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Who pays?

[@ThatOpalGuy]

@@Dog.soldier1950 tax the rich and their companies

[@Dog.soldier1950]

@@ThatOpalGuy who there in move to the mainland with their jobs

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

The US government has been oppressing Hawaiians and trying to force us out since… well since they learned of our islands honestly…. and they’re succeeding.

[@LittleStar261]

If US government can send billions of dollars to Iran twice, the U.S. government can pay to clean up and rebuild Lahaina and East Palistine for that matter. Meanwhile illegal immigrants get treated like royalty by comparison. America first.

[@MakanaMarley-ky6oz]

The answer is to force all the 2nd home vacation rentals that are just rich people making extra money off real estate. Hawaii is not any real estate, it’s sacred land and it’s Hawaiians homeland. It should be a forced law to rent to Hawaiian blood families for a set amount. Unite and force this law on our island home before they take all the real estate and leave us with nothing

[@kjmax1068]

I agree. Indigenous people first. The country you live is is falsely named, United States if America. Huh! If you are white and wealthy, it seems 🙄

[@joshuabuchanan1141]

Exactly🙏

[@garybulwinkle82]

That would be discrimination! We are a Republic with laws! If you can get those laws passed, go for it, but otherwise you have to follow the laws!!

[@VictoriaPalapala]

sacred land ?! you need to educate yourself there are no natives hawaiian ppl thats a myth and news media lies i live here al🩵ha🐳

[@dentalcare1]

Not 'sacred".

[@r8chlletters]

Hawaii has been getting rich off hotel taxes for decades. There’s no excuse not to provide people a place to be until the land is cleaned and building can begin. Where is the national guard to help the recovery effort?!

[@exeexecutor]

People in USA dont like socialism so socialist means cant be used.

[@PrincessRuth-sj6lt]

Lets not forget all the SNOWBIRDS, INVESTORS AND AIR B AND B'ERS WHO Benefit HERE from NOT SOLVING THE DISPOSSESSION AND LAND Theft ISSUES WE Suffer.

[@nenasiek]

This is happening everywhere, its not just about natives, its poor ppl being displaced and forced to move out of the area theyve grown up in.

[@undertow2142]

Rich people have so much money they’re just buying all the properties so they can stay rich forever with everyone else enslaved to paying them for eternity.

[@paxundpeace9970]

The issue is that not enough housing is getting build or that demand is to high if the area is desired.

[@user-1rg9f2-g3l6d]

The goal of the powers that be is "gentrifying" everything.

[@22lilacsky]

Just happened in Chile!!! They don't want the poor living in beauty.

[@PrincessRuth-sj6lt]

True maybe, but dont get crazy. Data and nih studies all PROVE discrimination of natives across the board. White skin still get doors to open.

[@aprilsmith3683]

E V E R Y O N E who lived there foresaw this and spoke out aloud to deaf ears... 🇿🇦

[@LPAFilm]

How much money has Ukraine and Israel recieved? We're sending millions and billions a dollars to one country in which their citizens have free healthcare, education, affordable housing, and other resources for their people's well being when people in our own country don't have healthcare or can't pay for a life saving surgery! LET THAT SINK IN!

[@simoncorporation3]

This is actually a bit of honest reporting.

[@brodriguez11000]

People were saying this was going to happen soon after the fire.

[@simoncorporation3]

@@brodriguez11000 True, as intended.

[@BrightWendigo]

On another country, in an island in the pacific

[@user-1rg9f2-g3l6d]

It takes a broadcaster from Europe to make a documentary on Maui, something local stations can't or don't want to.

[@nutzeeer]

DW is financed by the german people

[@TheMighty_T]

It seems really odd how this situation unfolded and how it still looks like no real progress has been made in the clean-up and resettlement phase? Where did all the fedral money go? What progress has been made for the victims of this tragic event?

[@FarmingUnclear]

They gave everyone $700 but don't worry, they gave Ukraine 100 billion and are working to give Israel more.

[@paulh1862]

The fact there was no alert is unacceptable for whoever is responsible

[@watsonspuzzle]

Why can't they hurry up this clean-up project? Seriously, these poor people have had the most incompetent governing bodies I've ever seen.

[@PrincessRuth-sj6lt]

For once they cant blame it on us.

[@Mindyzzzzz]

Wow, how dare they make people still pay a mortgage.

[@silvieb2024]

To get a mortgage, your house must be insured. That is what insurance is for.

[@TheWayOfRespectAndKindness]

It's not about "giving". Stop the bs ownership and let people make the best of what's available. Land is sacred. Let us live.

[@benwang9745]

They can live, but they insist on staying in Hawaii.... This puts them in the predicament that they're in because they really want to stay but the reality is they need to move so you're watching the last people holding out for fantasy land to happen. You were poor and inherited a multi generational house that you never insured so you lost everything and are still living in denial that your life and your families life is going to be much worse going forward.

[@jennasjams]

​@@benwang9745 🤦🏻‍♀️ really?!!

[@jwheatly]

These lucky hawaiins inherited ocean property. Why did they not insure it?

[@jwheatly]

These lucky hawaiins inherited ocean property. Why did they not insure it?

[@benwang9745]

@@jwheatly they likely could not afford it, but many people live like this in life, exposed to huge risk and hoping for the best, it's natural human optimism to think that you'll be the exception and not the norm

[@jgcelliott1]

Lead and arsenic from what source? Bet they won't publish the analysis. My money says the risk is being exaggerated as an excuse to run these folks off. .

[@paxundpeace9970]

Leadpipes and arsenic polution is common in many parts of the US.

[@plumeria66]

From burnt cars, tires, washing and drying machines, refrigerators, lithium batteries….toxic air, toxic ground, and very hazardous to be around.

[@mariateixeira6379]

@@plumeria66💯

[@starlight_44]

Land developers are just waiting to get there hands on that land, good luck to the Hawaiian natives🤔dont sell out,♥️stay strong.🙏

[@Giveuspeace]

Air bnbs should be outlawed. This has created a housing crisis in so many countries. Same with vrbo. Why haven't they fired this mayor?

[@abolisher]

He’s in with the program that’s why once he receives his big check well you know the rest…

[@rikicheever3342]

Thank you DW for your support. Please keep on updating. -Mahalo-

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Thank you so much for reporting on this. I will not forget the good people of Maui.

[@LPAFilm]

REMEMBER that your mayor and the presidential admin ABANDONED YOU ALL, just like Ohio was abandoned and Michigan and Missisippi, and the list goes on!

[@ypcomchic]

Why haven’t they shown any paperwork of testing proving it’s contaminated??

[@tiptoe38]

It’s not,land grab in action.

[@Khaseenwar09]

The Illusion For The Conclusion

[@spacemanspiff3052]

The State of Hawaii and the US Federal Government must preserve native Hawaiians living on the Island of their birth. It’s sad, but the aftermath of natural disasters hit people of modest means the most and often people of color are disproportionately represented among those forced to leave their chosen communities after disasters. It’s very tragic.

[@danielguasca1271]

The tragedy lies in that we have money for foreign government, but not for our own people in need. :(

[@spacemanspiff3052]

@@danielguasca1271 We’ve got plenty of money to support our people in need and freedom fighters in other countries willing to spill their blood against those who really want to do us and our democracy harm. The problem is the government gives way too much money in tax breaks to mega corporations, large farming conglomerates owned by foreign interests, big housing speculators who buy up affordable housing and up real estate prices to make a quick buck with a flip, defense industries that vastly overcharge while soldiers, sailors, airman, and marines are forced to deploy longer and work harder. There’s money out there, it’s our priorities that are screwed up.

[@priceandpride]

They are, they can go to another island TEMPORARILY

[@gfys756]

Too bad. Ukraine and Israel need the money more than these wealthy beach dwellers.

[@user-pn9db8sm5w]

​@@priceandpride - Going to another area in the state seems a good option if the state is willing to help with costs. But every report I've seen about this, the people say they refuse to leave their favorite place they have lived for so long.

[@jpablo700]

I liked to boost this honest story in the algorithm. You should to...it doesn't mean you like what is happening.

[@goldenpacificmedia]

Many thanks to Deutsche Welle for your coverage of the life-death struggles of ordinary US and Hawaii citizens on Maui. Your coverage and documentary surpasses the information content and depth of coverage available to the people of Maui and their families. Thank you (Mahalo nui loa!)

[@christiereynolds1335]

Where's the 2000 missing children?

[@pamdore9292]

I’m still trying to figure out where are the children!!! And why don’t we hear from the parents?

[@christiereynolds1335]

@@pamdore9292 parents are dead, relatives intimidated

[@icebiker3]

Where are the Ukrainian children Russia stole? That's for real, not your missing thousands.

[@minty4570]

The government needs to own up their mistakes because of the mess they made and put people through so many inconveniences. They need support physically, financially, and mentally until the people can get back on their feet. My heart goes out to the people who lost their homes and to the people who lost their loved ones in this mess.

[@elizabethcote9070]

The mess they made on purpose.

[@fzakrzewski]

$4500 / month.. $9500 / month? where do they get all that money for JUST rent? I don't think tourism pays that well..

[@courtneymeehan504]

They are typically multi generational homes with several incomes.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Hawaiians usually have two families per ohana with 3 or 4 incomes

[@hawaiapril]

They need to explain trying to trap them inside the fire!

[@22lilacsky]

They did trap them! 😡🤬

[@FarmingUnclear]

No witnesses

[@22lilacsky]

@@FarmingUnclear Plenty of witnesses, including the police blocking the roads and the people with guts going around or past them....

[@FarmingUnclear]

@@22lilacsky I never said they weren't inept

[@dann6893]

This is so sad and deeply frustrating. The mayor says "I don't know...I wasn't there..." It's HIS JOB to know. SO inept and incompetent. Local government failed its people. Where are all these multi-millionaire celebrities at?? My goodness, they could help these poor people with temporary housing. They could bless so many lives. Such a shame!!!!!

[@faxerw552]

9000 a month??? Dude that's a third of my yearly income.

[@colleenpeck6347]

$9,300/month for a 4 bedroom!😵‍💫

[@faxerw552]

Is that good i us? I have no clue. Pay 700€ for a two bedroom in Austria.

[@colleenpeck6347]

@faxerw552 It is more expensive than New York City's premium real estate. My home is now paid off in Florida. My mortgage was $1,350. That's for a 4 bedroom with a large pool and jacuzzi on 2 acres. It is now worth $800,000. Only 30 minutes to the Atlantic Ocean and white sand beaches.

[@creolerican]

that's a third of your yearly income?... dude, please do better

[@exeexecutor]

man that means you can live in a house there for 4 months, just enough to get through the winter nice

[@SOJÖRN-q9d]

I will never leave ❤

[@lynndurbin9476]

Rent gouging should be illegal.

[@juliaalexandria3352]

Wow. Thank you for your consistently excellent journalism. This is devastating news.

[@khismet]

😢 So Heartbreaking 💔 Continued Prayers for Maui🙏🏽

[@vivalaleta]

Exactly what I expected to happen after the fire. Fires have always been used when the land is too valuable for what's presently on it.

[@happymelon7129]

This is the real agenda... Also explain why 65k army next door watching TV for 3 days.... while so many need help

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Yup. How do we get 2,000 families who have lived here 200 years tmatch. Out so we can build $1m condos? Light a mtach.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

​@@happymelon7129say what?

[@janeblogs324]

@@UneducatedGeologist the largest US military base is a few miles away, no soldiers rendered aid unlike the twin towers

[@atumra7285]

Thank you Operah and Rock

[@NobleCaveman]

The mayor is infuriatingly expressionless and lacking in empathy... how could he have been elected

[@VictoriaPalapala]

organised crime in hawaii owns mayor

[@paulomilan515]

A 4 bedroom in nyc doesn't even cost $9300. A month.

[@FarmingUnclear]

supply and demand aka price gouging

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Ain't capitalism great

[@doe729]

NYC is no island paradise.

[@paulomilan515]

@@doe729 Manhattan is the most expensive place to live in on the continent

[@zamis21]

Where are the Insurance Company's in all this?

[@maunasiliandergamba2387]

Don’t worry people, Oprah has bought tons of land there, I’m sure she’s going to help all those in need, she’s such an angel

[@GullibleTarget]

She also has an 'Angel Network'. If she can buy an entire audience a car, she can help out on Maui. She has rich friends like Lance Armstrong and Prince Harry who could use their fame to highlight the injustices and get legislators to make changes. Because Oprah is an angel who fell from heaven to grace us with her benevolence. Just ask Mo' Nique how much she loves and admires Oprah......😅

[@BonnieMaeRussell]

Our govt needs to provide low or no cost housing for displaced locals! Anything less is a travesty! Locals hold your ground! This is YOUR LAND!!

[@shanshine_intentional]

They haven't been providing such amenities for the other disaster impacted zones here either.

[@thegoldengatesound]

Sad. Lahaina was beautiful and perfectly set up. The harbor was right downtown on front st. with the ferry to Lanai and all the tour boats. Front street was old, narrrow and perfect for walking. filled with shops and food, I’m glad I got to experience it but this is so sad

[@monkeyswithdrums3359]

I lived 16 years on Maui and it is an extremely corrupt place.

[@DRWKAB]

They still saying it was a wildfire? 😕

[@danielroselle3625]

What’s your operating theory? Who is the “they” in your grand explanation for this tragedy?

[@DRWKAB]

"they" as in the media. It's said in the description and in the video. I don't have an explanation, that's why I said what I said. Do you have an explanation? Have you even seen the damage keft behind and how odd it is?

[@otashigo]

​@@danielroselle3625it was due to a transformer catching fire, that's not conspiracy theory, there's video footage

[@22lilacsky]

UN are behind it all

[@VictoriaPalapala]

it is unnatural widfires and survivors getting together to file classaction lawsuits for no pre evacuation plan at minimal ..

[@RJ-oo3vf]

Why do they still call it a "wildfire" when everyone already knows that it was high tech premeditated arson.

[@Nottherebutthere]

Clearly, the government has not helped clean up this debree in a timely manner.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

6mo and nothing done!!!! Coulda easily cleaned up and put up tiny homes for everyone who had a home

[@PhilipRittscher]

absolutely sickening. Anyone holidaying in this area should check their head.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Oh? What is the economy based upon? Yes no visitors no jobs, no money

[@silkenaria]

I mean, this could be seen coming from the very beginning. It's cruel and inhumane but sadly not surprising.

[@Marisa-mk3ru]

How is it posible the mayor will not say where he was? Unacceptable has he said anything after this news?

[@alanoffer]

This is exactly what the residents were saying the first week of this bizarre fire , I think we are getting the message about the future

[@Ukie88]

Tourists into hotels , citizens into rental condos. Hotel owners worry they’ll lose money…well boo hoo.

[@saviofrancisfernandes413]

I have heard that something similar has happened in Ukraine (here the tragedy is a war, not an accidental fire). Some of the prime land in whats left of Ukraine (after the former occupants have been either displaced or dead) has been sold to large international finance companies for future property development after the war ends.

[@janeblogs324]

What do you mean accidental?

[@commonmandenver7370]

9,300 a month? WTF

[@user-xo5dc6hf7c]

What happened to all the money that was donated? How much was donated?

[@FarmingUnclear]

They had to pay the CEO a multi million dollar salary at the non profit. The donations barely covered their expenses. Good news! They're all getting bonuses this year.

[@onekerri1]

Hopefully you didn't waste your money by sending it to fraudsters.

[@raclark2730]

I gave to local community and church groups. Never give to big NGO's

[@dontstartnone]

Were the missing children ever located? Returned? This is all such a grave injustice!! The photos n videos of the fires aftermath look exactly like pictures n videos of greenville ca and paradise ca. These were n o t natural fires. If only my mind was as sharp as a laser i could probably figure out whats really going on. Grave injustice God right this situation for these poor families!!! Please, i beg

[@hiroshi138]

As tragic as this is it shouldn't surprise anyone. If your 60-year old home burns down in an expensive area like Maui (especially if it was paid off) then replacing it will be at the 2024 market value. No different then selling that same home and trying to relocate within the same area and wondering why your new house cost 10x as much.

[@elsie6828]

So did people not "up" their home owners insurance policies, or what?

[@jonniesantos]

Certainly a lesson for the rest of us that think there’s a safety net when things go South. Good coverage and follow up. Thank you.

[@exeexecutor]

Yeah like Hawaii is the most south place in USA if you dont consider Puerto Rico

[@jonniesantos]

@@exeexecutor …sorry for my slang. "Go south" is an American slang expression that means to decline, deteriorate, or fail. For example, "The stock market is headed south again".

[@exeexecutor]

@@jonniesantos yeah i was just joking ^^

[@captaintimbailes7971]

I'm wondering why this is focused only on Native Hawaiians and not all the residents that have been in that area and are struggling to get by day after day. I'm not Native Hawaiian, but I've lived and paid taxes there since the mid 1960s and my children were born and raised in Hawaii. What makes people like us less important in this story? Everyone that was affected and needs assistance should have been considered.

[@annalehman93941]

Isn't Hawaii democratic state?

[@theLoPlo]

And I'm wondering why do you make the suffering of others about yourself? Are you saying that you also lost your home tied to your ancestral roots and that now you and your family are being unceremoniously displaced? Are you saying that your are not being given the necessary assistance to be able to recover from this tragic disaster? If so maybe you should stand together with the "native hawaiians" as you say, since clearly you are sharing the same issues

[@captaintimbailes7971]

Your point being?

[@kalitzina]

When you moved in you pushed out other people, like these actual natives.

[@inyenyenzi]

@@phillipbanes5484 Bet you wouldn't use this logic in Japan. Ok, so let's use Ethnic or Aboriginal. While every inhabited part of the world is the result of colonization, who was there first calls dibs on the aboriginal or native term. I can't go to Tunguska and say I am an ethnic Siberian unless I have the direct connection of an ancestor, otherwise it's just disrespectful and a sign of being poorly raised.

[@tropicalsun07]

9k for one month rent? These homeowners who are renting these homes out to displaced people should charge them what is the minimum that they can, not to make profit but to help out. They are from within their own community.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Govt could easily pay difference for a year and help the families

[@dranamarie]

Did the mayor actually say there are enough Airbnb homes to fix this !? Unbelievable

[@eksbocks9438]

Gentrification is very common here in the US. Housing is prioritized only for rich people. If you're not yet established in life: Your situation just doesn't matter. Big Money and Politics come first.

[@nadiacolova2777]

Thousands of people died, including many children and elderly citizens. Entire families died in their cars trying to escape, trapped by the road blockages cased by the police.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

Now Beff Jezos can build his own capital of the world, ruled by him, in paradise.

[@mauidream]

Much love for the Hawaiian people. Praying that you rebuild your home. 🙏

[@bradc32]

probably isn't any more toxic than that golf course they showed....maybe put some trailers for locals on the course...might make the Gov. move quicker

[@happymelon7129]

somehow the fire is very smart , almost never touch the rich houses

[@paxundpeace9970]

This was in part century old housing build close together and not build to modern standards.

[@JeffHenry-cq3is]

That’s where the fire dept was

[@artisticdriver4218]

The people charging 9-15 Thousand dollars a freaking month, should be ashamed! How can you sleep at night? 😢where’s your heart

[@VictoriaPalapala]

thats county maui welfare housing system its outrageous what welfare pays out here in hawaii

[@amydavis4945]

Sounds to me like the government needs to step in and stop the housing PRICE GOUGING that is going on.

[@GuyIncognito764]

Wow. Already some horrible and simultaneously quite ignorant statements in the comments. Have some decency people.

[@priceandpride]

Only mega rich hotels, no small businesses!

[@exeexecutor]

The time for decency is long gone. When people ignored global warming decency was lost.

[@falconrising27]

The governing bodies don't have any decency....

[@mpat100]

Blessings, healing and good luck into the future for all the residents of Maui affected by the fires there

[@brandonsmith3060]

Plenty shipping containers at the port that could be converted into temp housing.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Temp here is 20-25 years

[@Metzgeweiser]

Shipping containers, when you look at the meat and potatoes of it, are not good for converting to living spaces. On paper, it sounds great but the problems come on practice

[@onekerri1]

@@Metzgeweiser Perhaps a tent would be better?

[@gabesvidz]

The history of America is uprooting natives. Nothing new. My heart goes out to the people of Maui. Excellent news coverage that we don’t see in the U.S.

[@7msjster]

So tragic is an understatement and NO accountability!

[@robertamurphy1124]

What happened to the 368 million dollar payout on the Homesteaders lawsuit. They were to receive the money in September.

[@tonyc6166]

Get the Cruise lines to donate a ship or ships and the state and federal government to fund the logistics! Problem solved...if tourism is the issue with hotel help...let the tourism entities support the indigenous people during this EXCEPTIONALLY TRAGIC CRISIS!

[@charlieschwartzman5505]

How is it that on the main land if your house burns , you clean up the mess and rebuild ?

[@mantralife6620]

My cousin had a beautiful property and they lost absolutely everything . The red tape to try to rebuild is too much and the ins. money and help not enough

[@kittybeck151]

It was a planned land grab.

[@MidnightWarrior1976]

I have been in Hawaii many times. They do not manage their resources well. Somehow this mismanagement does not surprise me.

[@bamby5211]

Whatever happened to the missing children??

[@VictoriaPalapala]

thats media lies if there was missing children the parents would be making the biggest noise of all and we all be put on alerts why you ppl n mainland believe gossip like that ? common sense parents with missing children get national news iver 1 missing child there is no missing childing except a few unidentified frm aug8 fires))