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June 3, 2024

Maui to study impacts of eliminating 7,000 vacation rentals

  • The Maui Council has approved $300,000 to study the economic impacts of eliminating some short-term rental units in an effort to create long-term housing.
    • By CAMMY CLARK
    Honolulu Civil Beat

    LAHAINA, Hawaii — Blue Cleaning, a small business in West Maui that spruces up 27 vacation rentals, survived the sharp decline in tourists during the Covid-19 pandemic and after the devastating Aug. 8 wildfire in Lahaina.

    But now Leo Szakacs-Kekona, who owns and runs the operation with his wife, is worried about Mayor Richard Bissen's recent proposal to permanently eliminate 7,000 short-term rental units — more than half of the island's stock — by Jan. 1, 2026, in an effort to create much-needed long-term housing for the county.


     
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