He also announced a moratorium on any out-of-state property sales.
On Monday, Hawaiian governor Josh Green announced that his administration was considering acquiring properties in the seaside resort town of Lahaina that had been destroyed by the recent wildfires.
He vowed to prevent foreign buyers from swooping in to exploit the tragedy, suggesting the state was better suited to take control of the land.
“I’m already thinking of ways for the state to acquire that land so that we can put it into workforce housing, to put it back into families, or make it open spaces in perpetuity as a memorial to the people who were lost,” Green said while standing amongst the rubble.
“We want this to be something we remember after the pain passes as a magic place. Lahaina will rebuild. The tragedy right now is the loss of life. The buildings can be rebuilt over time, even the banyan tree may survive, but we don’t want this to become a clear space where then people from overseas just come and decide they’re gonna take it. The state will take it and preserve it first.”
In a separate press conference, Green reiterated his committment to ensure the land was protected for residents, and revealed that he had spoken with the Hawaiian attorney general regarding “options to do a moratorium on any sales of properties that have been damaged or destroyed.”
They are going to exploit the people themselves, no need to bring foreigners into this. They will give them pennies because they are homeless and desperate. Just wait and see who the government will eventually sell the land to. This will tell you what you need to know. Its a giant flip job to sell to elites.
Purchased at fire sale prices with government (our) money, of course.
Democrat State Full of Corruption !!!!! Oprah already bought the land for pennies on the dollar !!!!
They are literally evicting people from some of the houses that survived the fire.
I understand the residents frustration with wealthy outsiders scoopng up bargains at the expense of those who have survived the tragedy. But I would 1,000 times rather have actual people own the land than the most rapacious predator of all- government- sinking their claws into it.
Relax- we are the government and we are here to help