Temporary housing built in the Kapalua area of Maui, Hawaii
12:05 JST, August 22, 2024
Daiwa House Industry Co. has made 50 temporary housing units available to people who lost their homes in a massive wildfire on Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023.
A number of units have already been delivered and the residents have moved in. All units will be ready by the end of September.
The company delivered three types of homes of different sizes with a total area ranging from 33 square meters to 67 square meters. They are built by an American construction company.
Daiwa House Group has delivered 28,000 such homes after the Great Hanshin Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake. This is the first time the company has delivered such homes in the United States.
An asset management firm led by Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., a developer of fashion brands including UNIQLO, is working on a temporary housing project on Maui. Daiwa House has joined the project.
The wildfires damaged more than 2,000 buildings. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said he was glad Maui residents could continue to live in the land where they were born and raised.
