An emergency working group established in July by Gov. Josh Green to speed delivery of affordable housing in Hawaii has gotten back to work after initial setbacks that included legal challenges and the resignation of its leader.
Then catastrophe struck, and Green’s political fate could become an aftershock to the Lahaina tragedy in which at least 100 people died and the Maui town of Lahaina burned in the face of wildfires on Aug. 8.
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Green’s original 60-day emergency proclamation, issued July 17, created a new state emergency housing development approval panel intended to get 50,000 homes built faster across the islands.