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 ...

Vrbo reversed its longstanding guest-refund policy for the wildfires in Maui – for the first time, guests would be entitled to full refunds. Vrbo reversed its longstanding guest-refund policy for the ...

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 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” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Maui County Council spent seven hours of a public hearing behind closed doors Wednesday discussing the legalities—and likely ...

HONOLULU — An unprecedented proposal from Maui’s mayor to phase out vacation rentals would alleviate a severe housing shortage aggravated by the 2023 wildfires but would also shrink the economy, ...

Photo Caption: A vacation rental that was listed in Maui in 2012. Source: Ryan Lackey/Flickr.com https://flickr.com/photos/octal/8138893807/in/photolist-dpd7EL-dpcYv8 ...

Maui’s vacation rental debate highlights a global dilemma: balancing tourism income with housing needs, as cities wrestle with affordability, community, and regulation. ByWill McGough, Contributor.