Link to Public Notice PDF: https://hookumuhou.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/370/Public-Notice-Substantial-Amendment-1
In accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations governing Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), the County of Maui Office of Recovery (County OOR) hereby notifies the public that beginning on January 16, 2026, and ending on February 17, 2026, public comment will be accepted on the proposed substantial amendments to the CDBG-DR Public Action Plan.
The proposed amendments are summarized below and may be viewed in full on the CDBG-DR website at
https://hookumuhou.mauicounty.gov/ ;
Comments and questions regarding the substantial amendment may be submitted via the online form on the webpage listed above, via email to cdbg-dr@mauicounty.gov, by mail to the County of Maui, Office of Recovery, c/o CDBG-DR, 200 S. High St., Wailuku, HI 96793, or in-person at the Lahaina Resource Center located at 325 Keawe Street, Suite 102B, Lahaina or the Kako’o Maui Resource Center located at 153 Kamehameha Ave, Suite 101, Kahului.
All comments will be considered in preparing the final amendments and reported in the documents submitted to HUD.
The following updates are being proposed with the Action Plan Amendment:
Program, Project, or Section | Amendment/Description | Funding or Performance Impact |
Funding Criteria | - Clarified funded activities to address unmet disaster recovery needs
- Clarified the County will fund hazard mitigation measures
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Single-Family Homeowner Reconstruction Program | - Removed non-applicable eligible activities
- Added eligible activity – Reimbursement of pre-application costs of homeowners.
- Added reference to prioritization description available in the program policy
- Clarified applicable National Objectives
- Clarified Geographic Areas
- Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified reimbursement option
- Clarified Modular Units option
| - No funding impact
- Allows the County to concurrently serve construction/reconstruction applicants and reimbursement only applicants
|
Multifamily Rental Housing Reconstruction Program | - Removed non-applicable eligible activities
- Clarified applicable National Objectives
- Clarified Geographic Areas
- Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified Max Grant Size
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Multifamily Rental Housing New Construction Program | - Removed non-applicable eligible activities
- Added eligible activity – New Housing Construction Waiver
- Clarified applicable National Objectives
- Clarified Geographic Areas
- Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified Max Grant Size
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Single-Family New Construction Program | - Updated program description to allow the County to directly construct, market and sell single-family homes
- Added eligible activity – New Housing Construction Waiver
- Clarified applicable National Objectives
- Clarified Geographic Areas
- Provided description for Maximum Assistance
- Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified Max Grant Size
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
First-Time Homebuyer Opportunity Program | - Clarified applicable National Objectives
- Clarified Geographic Areas
- Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified Max Grant Size
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Infrastructure and Public Facilities Program | - Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified Max Grant Size
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Economic Revitalization Programs | - Clarified applicable National Objectives
- Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified Max Grant Size
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Public Services Program | - Clarified applicable National Objectives
- Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified Max Grant Size
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Mitigation Programs | - Clarified Eligibility, Prioritization and Other Requirements will be in program policies
- Clarified Process for Exceptions
- Clarified Max Grant Size
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Strategic Voluntary Mitigation Buyout Program | - Added new mitigation set-aside funded program.
| - Reallocated $50,000,000 from Mitigation Programs
- Allows the County to strategically acquire high hazard risk properties
|
Planning | - Added new recovery planning program
| - Reallocated $5,440,000 from Administration budget.
- No performance impact
|
Administration | - Reallocated $5,440,000 to new recovery planning program
| - Reallocated $5,440,000 to new recovery planning program
- No performance impact
|
General Information Section | - Updated reference to the County’s CDBG-DR website
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Executive Summary | - Updated Program Budget Allocation Table
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Unmet Needs Assessment | - Updated Allocation Breakdown Chart
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
Connection of proposed programs and projects | - Updated Program Budget Allocation and Unmet Needs Table
| - No funding impact
- No performance impact
|
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This public notice is regarding funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Translation of the notice may be requested by calling 808-865-4007