A 6–3 vote just catapulted Maui’s most controversial rental bill forward. Travelers, owners, and residents now face the next phase.
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Notice the band doesn’t include hotel zones and resort zones, making sure they get all the money in residence who try and survive with their vacation rentals are kicked out of Maui, sure can tell who puts money in the palms of council
Need a guide of where to seek rentals: type, seasonality costs, approximate availability by season.
North, S, E, West.
Add a guide to donate for helping local residents.
Any reporting on Maui should include this while decisions are made and dates of possible changes. ( ie check back for more info dates) This will encourage tourism to lesser known locations and $ support for those. Aloha
It is sad to read about visitor problems. I don’t see how families can live in condos that were STRs.
They don’t have facilities for people who have school going children. They were built for guests who come and go, living out of suitcases/luggage. Not for people living in condos long term.
Housing needs to be built for resident families. That is a decision for councils and state authorities as to locations. It seems that those decisions were procrastinated for a long time.
Without the large spending by visitors the island loses huge income. The island has survived on tourist dollars for years, loss of that income would cause lots of hardship to the state, loss of tourist dependent jobs, loss of tax dollars , among other issues.
So sad and confusing to a tourist who loves Maui.
It seems to me, that 30 years ago, someone (Minatoya) did their due diligence, and made a list of properties to exempt.
They’ve had over a year. Why haven’t any of the council members done their due diligence, and gone through the list to see what properties would actually work to provide affordable housing for locals? Then they could reshape the list, instead of throwing the whole thing away.
It would be a much easier fight for them to win.
A vacation to another land is a relationship. The folks providing for your comforts (laundry service, room cleaning, food preparation, surf lessons, etc…) deserve to be properly compensated so they can also live comfortably, which includes a clean home and home ownership.
STVRs have always existed, but with the advent of the internet, these businesses have rapidly grown and are now an impediment to the cost of living for those locals attempting to provide those tourism services.
Maui City Council did what was right for its residents. Good job here, now fix your infrastructure.
And where will these residents work? Restaurants closing, hospitality jobs gone, how will they pay the $1,000/month HOA fees in addition to rent on a 500 square foot condo.? This bill was not well thought out… long term housing needs real solutions . Not stealing from Peter to pay Paul.
My 500 square foot condo was never intended to be full time housing. If this ridiculous bill passes as is, our ocean front unit that is currently a STR paying all the taxes that includes will sit empty. We will not rent it long term because that means we can no longer enjoy our own property. This bill was not well researched and will only hurt the already struggling Maui economy.