#phase-out

New hotel zoning weighed to preserve some vacation rentals amid housing crisis debate

A Maui County Council investigative group has recommended creating two new hotel zoning districts to allow some existing short-term vacation rentals in apartment-zoned districts to continue operating, a proposal that drew sharp public debate over balancing economic concerns with residents’ urgent need for housing. The Bill 9 Temporary Investigative Group, established to study policies related […]

Maui Council hears another 70 testifiers on vacation rental phase-out bill; still more to come

Public debate intensified Wednesday during several hours of sometimes heated testimony over a proposed phase-out of vacation rentals before the Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee.