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The Guardian - US
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Claire Wang in Lahaina

The Maui wildfire exacerbated a housing crisis. Can tiny homes and ADUs offer a solution?

A woman stands in a building with a table, chair, wood beams and two windows.
Ashley Kelly stands in one of the model Ohana Hope Village houses in Kahului, Maui, on 28 October 2023. Photograph: Akasha Rabut/The Guardian

In September, a military jet delivered dozens of foldable steel containers, each roughly the size of a single-car garage, from Hungary to a 10-acre field in the center of the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Over the following months, organizers transformed each box into a tiny home, complete with a kitchenette, bathroom and lanai – a traditional Hawaiian veranda. They installed water wells and solar systems, and built playgrounds, gardens and resource centers.

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