Families who rebuilt after the 2023 Lahaina fire are being told they may lose home mail delivery, a fresh blow to survivors who spent years getting back into their houses.

• The Postal Service is weighing whether to permanently close the burned-down downtown Lahaina post office.
• It also wants to treat rebuilt homes as brand-new developments, meaning mail would go to shared cluster boxes instead of each door.
• Homeowners who waited more than a year just for a building permit call the label insulting — some of their original mailboxes survived the fire.
• Maui councilmember Tamara Paltin and US Rep. Jill Tokuda came out against both plans, saying a 30-minute Zoom meeting is not real public input.

Outlook: USPS says it will weigh community feedback after its public meeting, so the decision on the post office and door delivery is still open.