Key committee passes Hawaii vacation rentals bill

Honolulu Star-Advertiser— The full House and Senate will now consider the question of whether to allow each county to determine how — if at all — to regulate short-term vacation rentals on their islands, including the possibility of outlawing them.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Hawaii lawmakers advance vacation rental bill to final votes. A bill that gives counties the clear authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals, including the power to ban them, unanimously passed out of a joint House-Senate conference committee today ahead of a vote by the full House and Senate next week.

The Guardian—Hawaii to limit vacation rentals in response to tight housing market. Last year’s deadly Maui wildfire revealed the extent of short-term rentals and their contribution to the state’s housing shortageHawaii lawmakers have voted to put limits on short-term rentals such as Airbnbs. On Friday, the governor, Josh Green, signed a bill that would give counties the power to regulate short-term rentals and even phase them out to become long-term housing for local residents.The move on short-term rentals was one of several legislative decisions to come out of Friday’s...

Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Gov. Josh Green signs vacation rental bill into law. Gov. Josh Green on Friday made good on his promise and signed a bill into law that gives counties the ability to better regulate short-term vacation rentals in the hope of freeing up affordable, long-term housing for island residents.