Honolulu – MPs passed the law on Thursday, which was aimed at abolishing a large percentage of the holiday fare of the Hawaii island. Address a housing shortage from forest fire He Lahina’s most destroyed in August 2023.
It is the latest action by a top global tourist destination that pushes back against holiday infiltration in residential neighborhood and tourism overwhelms its communities. In May, Spain ordered to block AirBNB Over 65,000 leave listing on your platform to violate the rules. Last month, thousands of protesters in European cities like Barcelona and Venice, Italy, Marg marked against diseases of overtorism,
The Housing Committee of the County Council voted 6-3 to pass the bill, which would shut down a flaws, which allowed the owners of Kondos in the apartment zone to rent their units for days or weeks instead of at least 180 days. The mandate will be effective in West Maura district, including Lahina in 2028. The rest of the county will be followed by 2030.
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The full council still needs to vote on the bill, but the result of the committee is a strong sign of the final result as all nine councils sit on the housing panel. The Mayor is expected to sign the bill, which he proposed.
Maui’s Mayor Richard Bisen said in a statement using the word Hawaii for children, “Bill 9 is an important first step in restoring our commitment to prioritize housing – and achieving a future where our Kiki can live, and the place they call home can throw it up.”
“We were looking at a strict housing crisis before the fire and then we lose 2,200 structures in the fire, and it was a lot our local housing for our people,” Jordan Ruidas Lahina Strong’s Jordan Ruidas Strong Strong of Group Lahina ” CBS Honolulu told KGMB-TVThe group was working hard for measurement.
The holiday fare is currently responsible for 21% of all houses in the county, which has a population of about 165,000 people.
An analysis by economists at the air university predicted that the remedy would add 6,127 units to Mau’s long -term housing stock, increasing the supply 13%.
Opponents questioned whether local residents could tolerate Kandos in question, given that they are several buildings that are aging and their units come with high mortgage, insurance payments, maintenance and special assessment costs.
Alicia Humiston said that her condo is in a hotel area so it will not be affected. But he predicted that measures would hurt owners of housekeepers, plumbers, electricians and other small businesses who help maintain holiday fares.
“It’s not what is the best for the community,” Humiston said, who is the chairman of the rent by the owner Awareness Association.
Last year, Bissen proposed a law to demand a camp with a camp on a beach after the survived people and activists.
Approximate effect of measurement
The study of the air university states that only 600 new housing units are created in the county every year, so changing the holiday fare will be equal to the value of the new housing development of a decade. Condo prices will fall by 20–40%, the study has been estimated.
The report also predicted that one-fourth part of the Mauye County will disappear and the visitor expenses would sink 15%. It is estimated that GDP will contract up to 4%.
The mayor said that such economic analysis failed to tell a full story, when high housing costs out the relatives, the families are torn down and the cultural knowledge disappears when the generations leave the generations.
The Mayor told the council that the bill was a part of a comprehensive housing strategy that would include construction of new housing, investing in infrastructure and stopping illegally operated holiday fare. He said how much the new housing was constructed due to water supply and obstacles in the sewer infrastructure.
The tourism will continue on the mau, but it should be done in a way “that does not hollow our neighborhood,” the mayor said.
Employees of the mayor said that the visitor expenses of the members of the council would decline, but most of the drops would be on the lodging. Because 94% of the people who own the holiday fare in the apartment zone, do not live on the mau, they said that this income already flows off-aerland. He predicted that the annual tax revenue generated from county budget measurements could face an estimated $ 61 million fall.
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