A federal court is set to decide the outcome of this controversial vacation rental ordinance.
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A federal court is set to decide the outcome of this controversial vacation rental ordinance.
Your paragraph 1 says those with valid 30 day rentals can continue to April. Do you have any support for that? I thought the entire bill goes into effect October 23.
I’m loosing my rented condo that’s on the ocean side of Kuhio Av. Good luck finding anything close to the beach in Waikiki. You can’t blame the owners because it was a business decision ! Greed fuels everyone, Airbnbs ought to be outlawed completely. Give local people a place to stay. If you own a one bedroom condo in the purple zone, you can now retire on that income alone. I’m just an old guy who loves the beach
Wow, I can’t believe the people that say none of the air bnb owners don’t live in Hawaii. Do you think the Hotel owners live in Hawaii?
It’s a different argument altogether, apples vs. oranges. Hotels employ people who live on the islands, generate tax revenue, and don’t take away housing stock. They contribute to the economy in many ways and always have. They can also be relatively easily limited by law. Losing limited resources like homes is not good for the islands now that investors have figured out the schemes they’re using (Pacasa is another really bad example, and look at the monster STR “hotel” being built in a residential neighborhood on Maui). If they aren’t stopped, this is going to be nothing but bad for Hawaii residents. A few less billionaires buying up thousands of acres wouldn’t hurt, either – I’m looking at you, Zuckerberg.
90-day minimum is over reaching, especially in condo buildings and especially throughout Honolulu. Who drew the lines around Waikiki? The condos between the Prince and Hyatt are ok to be shorter term, but the condos across the street on Ala Moana Blvd can only advertise for 90 days. Across the street! Same style of building.
Whatever happened to month-month rentals? Long standing tradition.
Many older owners make ends meet with short term rental income.
Many Mainlanders want to use their condo some of the time,but cannot afford the HOA fees and property tax on 2 homes, unless they rent at least one out part time.
The tenants must obey parking, HOA and city laws; not fair to blame the owners for a few rude vacationers. End 90-day minimum!
I’m unable to shed a tear for owners of “two homes” that can’t afford mortgage & HOA in their luxury condo unless they rent it on Airbnb. When so many locals are 3 generations or more deep in one house. I mean these business operators don’t even want to have annual renters
The only people griping about this are the people destroying the communities with airBnBs. The normally aren’t from the islands and they just want their money no matter who they affect. If we cut out the airBnBs it solves overtourism as well as the housing crisis.
Hope this goes through, and spreads to the Big Island. We need more long term rentals for long term residents.
This problem is happening throughout the country. I know Lake Tahoe had the same problems. What it gets down to are zoning laws. Why should residential neighborhoods put up with people running a business out of a home next to them. You can get 20 college kids who rent home next to you and they party all night long, that didn’t fly up at Lake Tahoe either.
Aloha Guys
As a homeowner with a Ohana unit – I refuse to rent full time – it takes an act of God – to evict problem renters – they have more rights than owners do – my property – I should decide who and how long
Kim P, I would think exceptions could be made for owner operators who rent an ohana, or a room, the way AirBnBs used to be when they started. Maybe a limit to how many days can be rented in a month, the owner has to be present on the property, something of that type. It’s the commercial operators who don’t live on the islands who need to go, the ones with multiple units, etc.
Amen! government has made it hard for homeowners to manage their own properties! can’t convict someone for not paying the rent, still have to make a mortgage payment, and property taxes, governments just don’t want to get it, basically because it doesn’t affect them, easy to say do what I want, not as I do. Never own a rental in Seattle! UGH
The Government at its worst!
As a property owner and resident of Hawaii, I think property owners should be able to rent their homes however they want. It’s the renters that must comply with rules and assimilate into a neighborhood…nobody likes loud parties late at night in an otherwise quiet neighborhood. It’s always a few bad apples that spoil the pie for everyone.