Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire amplifies Maui housing crisis
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An acute housing shortage hitting fire survivors on the Hawaiian island of Maui is squeezing out residents even as they try to overcome the loss of loved ones, their homes and their community

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Hawaii lawmakers advance vacation rental bill to final votes
A bill that gives counties the clear authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals, including the power to ban them, unanimously passed out of a joint House-Senate conference committee today ahead of a vote by the full House and Senate next week.
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Bissen proposes ban on West Maui vacation rentals
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen plans to take advantage of a newly passed state bill awaiting Gov. Josh Green’s signature to seek to phase out 2,200 vacation rentals in West Maui apartment districts by July 1, 2025 — and eventually all 7,000 units in apartment districts across Maui.
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Key committee passes Hawaii vacation rentals bill
The full House and Senate will now consider the question of whether to allow each county to determine how — if at all — to regulate short-term vacation rentals on their islands, including the possibility of outlawing them.
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