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Maui panel passes bill to curb short-term rentals after Lahaina wildfire
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHawaii: A Maui County Council committee passed a bill this week to phase out thousands of short-term vacation rentals in response to housing shortages following last year’s Lahaina wildfire. Bill 9, which advanced in a 6-3 vote on Thursday, will eliminate more than 7,000 short-term rental units across the island by 2028 in West Maui […]
Hawaii introduces tourist “green tax” for climate change resilience
Reading Time: 2 minutesHawaii: A new law, Act 96, will impose a “green tax” on tourists to help safeguard Hawaii’s natural ecosystems from the growing impacts of climate change.