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"The vacation rentals definitely help offset the expense" (of running a large farm.)
Not to get too far off topic, but there is the WWOOFer thing. (acronym orginally meant Working Weekends On Organic Farms.) I know a farmer who got rid of some of his regular workers and replaced them with WWOOFers--young people, mostly, who work at his place (usually 15-20 hours a week) for free rent and food.
They usually stay a month or two. Seems the WWOOFer thing is a fair sized trend.
If some of our homeless could be persuaded to do the same, they would have shelter. More homeless sheltered would result in lessened concern about the impact of widespread TVR expansion on housing availability and homelessness. (I have this concern).
But in our modern society with its liberal ethic that
people do not have a moral obligation to work, officials would regard it as oppressive to persuade homeless to accept this arrangement.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/homeless...anic-farm/
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If some of our homeless could be persuaded to do the same, they would have shelter.
Not everyone wants to work. It's of no help to the farm owner if his employees don't show up in the field or packing shed work when they're needed. In fact, it could drive him/her out of business if he can't grow, pick, and deliver his produce in a timely manner for his/her customers.
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Agree, HOTPE. Only proven workers would apply to commercialized farms.
We ought to have intermediate farms set up on unused government land, using both non-violent prisoners who volunteer for early release and the homeless. But I agree (reluctantly) that this idea is too complex for government to organize (given all their regulations).
Don't want to hijack the discussion, back to TVRs....
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One way to rid ourselves of the homeless is to have a stronger economy, which means more tax revenue.
This can be achieved by stopping special interests from preventing competition, which is what you seem to be in favor of.
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stopping special interests from preventing competition
Alternately, embrace the special interests -- but forbid them from having computers, so they have to hire many many staffers to manage all the paperwork by hand.
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http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018...f-storage/
The Red Cross responded to assist the Rauchs and their house guests. However, when they tried to get a hotel room Tuesday morning, Kat Rauch said there was nothing available, so they slept in an open storage unit.
On a Thursday during shoulder season with no major events going on...
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They should've tried Airbnb
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http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/03/0...-50m-more/
The $33 million item, by the way, is expected revenue gain from the passage of an "AirBnB Bill," the likes of which we have written about before. Interestingly, the governor was counting on revenue gains from that bill in order to make ends meet on his version of the budget despite vetoing a similar bill in 2016.
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http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018...novations/
Closed for 14 months.
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2016/0...ooms-sold/
96 rooms being converted to "residences".
Better shut down those "illegal" rentals before they "steal business" from the hotels...
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Wow Kalakoa that sure was predictive!
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