Maui is still rebuilding homes and lives.
The County of Maui reports that FEMA provided temporary housing to 1,281 families displaced by the 2023 wildfires. As of July 2026, more than half had transitioned to permanent homes, while temporary-housing assistance was extended through February 28, 2027.
Recovery housing is already a major construction program.
Front Street
County recovery materials describe 240 new multifamily units planned to replace housing lost in the fires, including affordable and workforce housing.
Lahaina Surf
112 multifamily affordable units are planned for reconstruction after the original housing was destroyed.
Broader program
The County lists multiple affordable-rental reconstruction projects across Lahaina, alongside infrastructure and mitigation work.
Sources: Front Street Apartments · Lahaina Surf · Affordable Rental Housing Programs.
Where could 3D printing fit?
Potential value would have to be demonstrated—not assumed. Candidate advantages worth testing include repeatable wall systems, reduced wall-system labor, rapid robotic production and resilient concrete construction.
But Maui adds constraints: community priorities, land, infrastructure, wildfire resilience, water, insurance, skilled trades, permitting, financing, cultural context and the need to avoid imposing mainland assumptions on Lahaina.
It may fit some projects and not others.
The purpose of this project is to ask the question early enough—and seriously enough—that builders, engineers, housing organizations and communities can answer it with evidence.