Report: Maui short-term rental ban would bring big economic shocks

Report: Maui short-term rental ban would bring big economic shocks

Maui could pay a hefty price that includes losing close to 2,000 jobs and $1 billion in annual visitor spending for turning a special class of vacation rental units into housing. A new study on the economic impacts of a proposed ordinance to outlaw short-term rental use of roughly 7,200 units in apartment-­zoned districts on Maui estimates that the move could make housing on the island significantly more affordable and available, but at a cost t…

Maui Faces Fallout As Mayor Escalates Rental Ban Fight

Defying billion-dollar warnings, Maui’s mayor accelerates his rental ban plan.