HI: Maui Mayor Takes 'Bold Step' To Eliminate 7,000 Short-Term Rentals By 2026 [View all]
A day after the Legislature passed a bill that gives Hawaii’s counties more authority to regulate short-term rentals, Maui Mayor Richard Bissen wasted no time proposing legislation that would eliminate more than 7,000 vacation units — more than half of the island’s stock — by Jan. 1, 2026.
The “bold step” is necessary to create urgently needed long-term housing for displaced wildfire survivors and to increase inventory for residents across the county, Bissen announced at a news conference Thursday.
He was flanked by leaders of the grassroots organization Lahaina Strong, which has been advocating for “dignified housing” since shortly after the Aug. 8 wildfires killed at least 101 people, destroyed more than 2,100 structures and displaced about 13,000 people.
The mayor’s bill calls for phasing out and repealing transient vacation rentals in the apartment districts, referred to as the Minatoya list.
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