02-10-2018, 03:23 PM
(from robguz) "This has nothing to do with housing. It's an effort by the hotel/resort/developer industries to reduce and eventually eliminate competition."
Absolute statements are generally not true. This absolute statement is completely false.
TVRs have much exacerbated Hawaii's housing shortage. Yes a primary cause is the state's onerous building permitting system, but so is the removal of thousands of former long-term rentals into vacation rental stock.
In 2016 Airbnb posted its total Hawaii listings: 10,000
https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news...awaii.html
Add in all the Craigslist and VRBO ads, how high do you think the figure goes? Who do you think was living in many of these homes before? Only the homeowners? Are we supposed to accept this idea?
VRBOs need to be regulated and heavily taxed.
Is the intent of the proposal really to "effectively end vacation rentals on Hawaii Island," as one website laments? Not that I have read. Certainly none of the other counties has moved to ban all TVRs.
Apparently there is discussion to designate which communities can host TVRs. We'll see where that goes.
Absolute statements are generally not true. This absolute statement is completely false.
TVRs have much exacerbated Hawaii's housing shortage. Yes a primary cause is the state's onerous building permitting system, but so is the removal of thousands of former long-term rentals into vacation rental stock.
In 2016 Airbnb posted its total Hawaii listings: 10,000
https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news...awaii.html
Add in all the Craigslist and VRBO ads, how high do you think the figure goes? Who do you think was living in many of these homes before? Only the homeowners? Are we supposed to accept this idea?
VRBOs need to be regulated and heavily taxed.
Is the intent of the proposal really to "effectively end vacation rentals on Hawaii Island," as one website laments? Not that I have read. Certainly none of the other counties has moved to ban all TVRs.
Apparently there is discussion to designate which communities can host TVRs. We'll see where that goes.