Maui looks to cut back on Airbnbs for tourists as early as next summer

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Facing a worsening housing crisis, the Hawaii Legislature overwhelmingly passed a measure that allows counties to phase out short-term rentals. Maui almost immediately announced efforts to transition vacation rental apartments into long-term housing.

Even before the devastating wildfire last summer, Danielle Crothers and her husband were struggling to find a home — big enough, yet still affordable — on Maui's west side for their recently blended family. Then the deadly fire decimated more than 2,000 homes in Lahaina, including the apartment where her new husband, Rigoberto Naranjo, lived with his 15-year-old son.

Jarrett Keohokalole, one of the co-authors on the Senate bill, called its passage 'a big deal,' necessary for local leaders to regulate the short-term rental industry that has ballooned in recent years. 'It was time for a modernization of the code and it was time for the Legislature to speak on this topic,” said Keohokalole, a Democrat from Oahu. 'What is housing and what is commercial tourist activity? The lines have blurred significantly since the 1950s.

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