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There are 7,000 condo units in apartment zones, including 2,200 in West Maui near the Lahaina burn zone, and they account for about half of Maui's legally operated short-term rentals.
Verbal attacks, misinformation campaigns and fistfights plague a high-stakes debate to convert thousands of vacation rentals ...
The Maui County Council plans to start deliberations next week on legislation aimed at converting thousands of short-term ...
It was a full house at Maui County Council's Housing and Land Use Committee hearing today as members heard testimony on a controversial bill to phase out thousands of vacation rentals.
A Maui decision over whether to phase out certain vacation rental units has drawn controversy and division within the community. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on a discussion over free speech ...
Council members spent most of the day behind closed doors in executive session, but spent the final hour questioning ...
Maui County Council members are set to begin deliberations next week on Bill 9, a proposed measure to phase out short-term vacation rentals that could significantly impact housing, tourism, jobs, tax ...
Owners and managers of Maui short-term vacation rentals have argued during two days of public hearings that local residents cannot afford the rent if 6,100 units are converted into long-term housing, ...
Nov. 23—The availability of short-term vacation rentals in West Maui was 49.1 % lower in October compared with the year before, with Maui struggling to find long-term housing for survivors of ...
Owners and managers of some Maui vacation rentals predicted that Mayor Richard Bissen’s proposal to convert 6, 100 units into long-term housing will not work and could have unintended consequences.
For the first time in years, Hawaiian legislators are advancing bills that would allow counties to phase out short-term rentals. ... 16 relatives crowd into one Maui house.