by Stephanie | Jun 14, 2024 | OSTRA News
Travel Tech Releases New Economic Analysis on Costs of Phasing Out Legal Short-Term Rentals on Maui **KAHULUI** – The Travel Technology Association and economic consultant Kloninger & Sims released a study on the impacts of the short-term rental market in Maui...
by Stephanie | Jun 6, 2024 | OSTRA News
Council members stuck with the higher tax rate in part to avoid cutting more services in the city's $4.5 billion budget, $115 million of which is allocated for hazard back pay from the pandemic. Honolulu short-term rental owners will see a property tax increase under...
by Stephanie | Jun 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Maui Council Budgets $300,000 To Study Impacts Of Eliminating 7,000 Vacation RentalsN Blue Cleaning, a small West Maui business managing 27 vacation rentals, survived the Covid-19 pandemic and the Lahaina wildfire. Now, owner Leo Szakacs-Kekona fears Mayor Richard...
by Stephanie | May 30, 2024 | OSTRA News
Lawmakers Look in All the Wrong Places for Answers to High Home Costs The United States faces a major public policy challenge: housing affordability, which has a simple solution. Polls show Americans rank high housing costs just behind inflation as a top concern....
by Stephanie | May 20, 2024 | OSTRA News
Hawaii counties differ in approach to regulating vacation rentals New state legislation empowering counties to reduce or phase out short-term vacation rentals has prompted various responses, with no immediate action expected, even on Maui, where reforms were inspired...
