Editorial: Don’t waffle on Maui STR phaseout | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Editorial: Don’t waffle on Maui STR phaseout | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

The Maui County Council’s zig-zag approach to seeking adequate affordable housing has been a thing to behold — with growing frustration. It’s latest “shoot, then retreat” gambit is attached to the county’s high-stakes effort to phase out short-term rentals (STRs) operating without permits in residential apartment zones — a historic move designed to bring down purchase and rental prices, and free up housing stock for local residents.