Employment and poverty still stalled three years after the Maui wildfires
Recovery in West Maui has stalled, and most families hit by the fires are still worse off than before — a grim update for a community trying to rebuild.
- A new UN report says jobs and incomes for West Maui residents have flattened out.
- Unemployment stayed stuck at 42% for the second year in a row.
- Poverty dipped over the past year but is still far above where it was before the fires.
- FEMA cuts and shrinking aid mean about half of affected households now get no help at all — some who still need it.
- Only 1 in 6 displaced households have made it back to West Maui.
Outlook: With federal and social aid drying up, many families face a slow, uncertain recovery unless new support arrives.