The Maui County Council's Housing and Land Use Committee formed a Temporary Investigative Group (TIG) to assess the feasibility and economic impacts of Bill 9.
Bill 9 was proposed by Maui's Mayor in 2024 and aims to create affordable housing by phasing out Short Term Rentals in the Apartment Zones. If implemented as written, the Bill would phase out short-term rentals in more than 7000 properties across Maui County.
It's important to understand that the TIG is not tasked with making recommendations to alter Bill 9, but rather proposes other legislation, policy and zoning changes that the County should implement.
Maui, like many places across the world, is facing a housing crisis, which was exacerbated by the tragic Lahaina Fires. The Mayor
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