There has been an onslaught of recent media regarding Maui’s Mayor proposing to phase out vacation rental properties in the apartment zoned districts here on Maui. I am very pleased to see that we are now seeing many more factually based aspects to this complex challenge being shared about housing that Maui and many other places around the world are facing. Most recently, I was quoted along with one of my dear friends and hardest working people I know, Leo Szakacs-Kekona, who owns a local cleaning company recently had the opportunity to share a few of our thoughts in a recent Civil Beat article. Maui Council Budgets $300,000 To Study Impacts Of Eliminating 7,000 Vacation Rentals.

Born and raised here on Maui and living full time most of my life, I have always been a huge advocate of affordable housing here on Maui as it is vital for our local people to have places that they can own and/or rent at reasonable rates for their families. I believe that the proposed legislation will yank the rug from underneath many of us and will make the situation far worse. I 100% support more housing but this is not the way to do it.

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