A benefit concert organized by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson raised $256,000 for Maui Health Foundation’s Housing for Healthcare initiative, the foundation announced.

“Lōkahi: A Celebration of Maui” was held Jan. 10 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and featured Nelson, Mick Fleetwood, Patrick Simmons, Stephen Wilson Jr., Lily Meola, the Maui Country Band and others, with Paul Simon appearing as the closing act.

Nelson approached Maui Health Foundation about hosting the benefit in November after learning about Housing for Healthcare, a $20 million effort to build 31 transitional homes for health care professionals on Maui.

Maui Health Foundation said the island is short more than 160 physicians, and high housing costs have made it difficult to attract and retain medical professionals. The 2023 wildfires worsened the shortage after dozens of health care workers lost their homes.

Sixteen of the 31 homes have been completed and occupied by newly arrived physicians, medical professionals who lost homes in the fires and medical students training on Maui. The remaining homes were targeted for completion by July.

For more information or to donate, visit mauihealth.org/h4h. Health care professionals on Maui seeking temporary housing may contact Brandy Aki at Emerald Realty at (808) 283-2092 or brandyakimaui@gmail.com.