Housing costs keep inflation stubborn; New report on Maui wildfires released
![A "for rent" sign in front of a home in December 2023 in Miami, Florida.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/04/18/gettyimages-18523228151_wide-db8c1d014ee4d1c47816369598bcea850e3516a7.jpg)
Inflation is proving stubborn this year, and the cost of rent may be to blame. Hawaii's attorney general has released the first report into last year's Maui fires.
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