Homes Together
A Real Plan to Turn Renters Into Owners
Homes Together
Maui can’t afford to wait. Homes Together fixes it.
Repeal Bill 9. Turn Renters into Owners. Reduce Rents. Unify Maui.
Maui families are getting squeezed by high rents, out-of-reach home prices, and a government that keeps moving too slowly. Homes Together is a real plan with real numbers to help local families buy homes, stabilize rent, and build a future here.
in annual short-term rental property taxes that can be redirected to help Maui families
possible total help toward homeownership when county aid is combined with existing programs
families per year who could be helped into homeownership under La Costa’s Homes Together program
The Homes Together plan is backed by real numbers, real data, and a clear path to help Maui families stay and thrive.
The Problem
A two-bedroom apartment on Maui costs nearly $2,700 a month.
To afford that and keep housing at 30 percent of income, a family needs to earn about $108,000 a year.
Maui’s median household income is about $97,000.
The math doesn’t work.
The Choice
Maui currently receives about $65 million every year in property taxes from short-term vacation rental units.
We can let that money disappear under a law that will not create a single home.
Or we can use it to help local families buy homes.
I choose our families. Every time.
How Homes Together Works
This is not a slogan. This is a plan. With math.
- $50,000 to $80,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers
- Use of existing state and county programs to help some families receive up to $110,000 toward buying a first home
- Lower mortgage rates already available through the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation
- A practical pathway for working families who today cannot even begin the conversation about buying a home on Maui
What That Means for Working Families
A hotel front desk worker and a preschool teacher earning $85,000 between them can have a path to ownership.
A single mother working as a nurse in Kahului can have more than a dream. She can have a pathway.
A teacher and a firefighter earning $130,000 between them should be able to buy a home on Maui. Right now, even they struggle to do that comfortably.
For Families Not Ready to Buy
Homes Together also includes rental stabilization for families who are still trying to hold on.
- Rental stabilization for up to 1,750 households a year
- Up to $800 a month in relief for fire-impacted renters
- Transition support for families leaving FEMA housing
- Incentives for landlords who keep rents below market
What Makes This Different
This plan does not rely on slogans, resentment, or fantasy economics.
It does not pretend that eliminating vacation rentals will magically build new homes. It won’t.
Homes Together puts real money behind local families, clears stalled housing projects, fast-tracks substantially compliant developments, and ties approvals to actual action.
Not another study. Not another task force. Ground broken. Homes built.
The Proof
When someone running for office tells you “trust me,” you should ask to see the math.
This plan is backed by fourteen pages of numbers. Every dollar accounted for. Every program stress-tested against real income data, real mortgage rates, and real housing costs in Maui County.
I brought mine.
Built for All of Maui
Homes Together is for every race, every background, every zip code on this island.
It is built on a simple idea: Maui does not have to be divided to be governed.
We are one island. One community. One future.
Believe in Something Bigger Than a Campaign.
Believe in your neighbors. Believe in your families. Believe in Maui. If you believe working families deserve a future on this island, stand with us. Homes Together is how we fight back — not with division, but with a plan that works.
The Reality
Rent is too high.
Homes are out of reach.
And government has made it worse.
A two-bedroom apartment costs nearly $2,700 a month.
A family needs $108,000 a year to afford that.
Maui’s median income is $97,000.
The math doesn’t work.
The Choice
Maui collects about $65 million every year from short-term rental property taxes.
We can let that money disappear under a law that won’t create a single home.
Or we can use it to help local families buy homes.
I choose our families. Every time.
How Homes Together Works
This is not a slogan. This is a plan. With math.
- $50,000 to $80,000 in down payment assistance
- Up to $110,000 when combined with existing programs
- Lower mortgage rates through state programs
- Hundreds of families helped into homeownership every year
What That Means
A hotel worker and a preschool teacher can buy a home.
A nurse raising a child alone has a path to ownership.
Jobs we tell our kids to pursue should be enough to live here.
Right now, they’re not.
Homes Together changes that.
For Families Not Ready to Buy
- Rental stabilization for up to 1,750 households
- Up to $800/month in rent relief
- Support for families leaving FEMA housing
- Incentives for landlords to keep rents below market
This is not a handout.
It is a hand up.
And it keeps families on Maui.
The Difference
This plan builds homes.
It lowers costs.
It creates opportunity.
Not another study.
Not another committee.
Ground broken. Homes built.
Built for All of Maui
Every race.
Every background.
Every part of this island.
We are one community.
One future.
And this plan is for all of us.
Join Us
Believe in your neighbors.
Believe in your families.
Believe in Maui.
Together, we will bring our families home.