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FEMA officials said they didn’t want their housing program for survivors of Maui’s 2023 wildfires to displace any residents. But they didn’t bar the agency’s contractors from leasing properties previously occupied by long-term tenants.

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[-] frunch@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Always disappointing to watch people take advantage of others in the wake of disaster. Landlords began ejecting long-time tenants because FEMA was offering nearly double their current rate--no questions asked. As the apartments filled with FEMA tenants, rents everywhere else were raised to the new standard, suddenly pricing lots of people out of a place to live. This is really adding insult to injury for those already suffering from the impact of the wildfires.

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