A proposed plan in Maui would phase out 7,000-plus short-term rentals to address housing shortages. Rental owners say their property values will tank. One said his family may have to leave Maui.

HONOLULU — Lawmakers on Maui passed legislation Thursday aimed at eliminating a large percentage of the Hawaiian island’s vacation rentals to address a housing shortage exacerbated by the wildfire ...

Maui County currently allows over 16,000 units in hotel-zoned areas to operate as short-term rentals (less than 180 days). These are mostly in resort areas like Kaanapali, Kapalua, and Wailea. There’s ...

LAHAINA, MAUI — On Thursday, the Maui County Council gave first approval to an ordinance that would ban 7,000 short term vacation rentals by 2030. The ostensible purpose is to provide housing for ...

The Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee surely caught some observers by surprise last week by voting to move its long-debated, “get transient rentals out of residential neighborhoods” ...

A key Maui County Council committee plans on two more days of hearings before a possible vote on July 2 after considering testimony for and against a proposal to reclassify 6,100 short-term vacation ...

A luxury apartment-hotel, a $4 million beach house and condominiums at a resort golf course don’t typically constitute workforce housing in Hawaii, but they are targets of a plan on Maui aimed at ...

Honolulu — Lawmakers on Maui passed legislation Thursday aimed at eliminating a large percentage of the Hawaiian island's vacation rentals to address a housing shortage exacerbated by the wildfire ...

The Ka‘anapali Coast hotels are clustered north of Lahaina. More than 6,200 short-term rentals on Maui were affected by Bill 9, but 4,519 could apply to rezoned in a hotel designation, though approval ...