ANDREW VLIET / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / JUNE 20 A report from the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization said the conversion plan to turn Maui vacation rentals into housing, ...

On Monday, Maui County Council passed historic legislation that aims to phase out over 6,200 transient vacation rentals, or TVRs, in West and South Maui.

Owners and managers of Maui short-term vacation rentals have argued during two days of public hearings that local residents cannot afford the rent if 6, 100 units are converted into long-term housing, ...

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Jan. 2—Finding housing for survivors has emerged as a top priority in the wake of the devastating Maui wildfires, but many fear that proposals coming forth to convert vacation rental units will ...

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 ...

Maui's Mayor Has Signed a Law to Phase Out Short-Term Vacation Rentals to Ease Housing Crunch In May 2024, Maui Mayor Richard Bissen took his self-described “bold step” to phase out 7,000 short-term ...

Above, Sydney Smith driving at her coffee farm in Maliko gulch. Smith is a short-term rental owner in Kula. At top, Sydney Smith, left, and Eve Eschner Hogan are vacation-rental owners in Kula ...