A controversial plan to allow homeless Maui residents to legally reside in their cars cleared a significant hurdle Tuesday as the Maui County Council unanimously voted to amend a section of the Hawaii Revised Statutes that currently renders such habitation illegal.
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The Maui County Council agreed to enact an ordinance in accordance with HRS Section 291C-113 temporarily allowing people to use their vehicles “for the purposes of human habitation on County of Maui property”
The law currently prohibits habitation of any vehicle between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. while the vehicle is parked on any roadway, street, highway or other public property
The proposed pilot program would allow people living in cars to park at a designated lot managed by a yet-to-be-determined county department between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
The program has been proposed one of several stopgap strategies needed to address the County’s burgeoning homelessness problem and alleviate the strain on its limited shelters
On the second and final reading of Bill 108, the Council agreed to enact an ordinance in accordance with HRS Section 291C-113 temporarily allowing people to use their vehicles “for the purposes of human habitation on County of Maui property.”
