'This is significant' vacation rental bill signed into law by Governor Green

TAKE IT. GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN PASS LEGISLATION TODAY GRANTING THE COUNTIES THE AUTHORITY TO PHASE OUT SHORT TERM RENTALS ACROSS THE STATE. ALWAYS BEARS REPORTED YESTERDAY PLANS ON PHASING OUT SOME 7,000 RENTALS AND HONOLULU'S MAYOR RICK BLANGIARDI SHARED HIS OWN IDEAS. NIKKI SCHENFELD HAS MORE. >> IT'S A BILL. MANY SAY THEY'VE WAITED DECADES FOR. >> 8 YEARS AGO, I READ MY FIRST ELECTION AND I WAS WALKING DOOR-TO-DOOR IN MY DISTRICT AND IT BECAME QUICKLY APPARENT TO ME HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ON NORTH SHORE OF OAHU HAD BEEN TOTALLY HOLLOWED OUT BY SHORT TERM RENTALS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION. AND I THINK THIS INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S MEASURE COPS VERY SIMPLY WE ARE CLOSING A GIGANTIC LOOPHOLE THAT WE DID NOT REALIZE EXISTED UNTIL SOMEWHAT RECENTLY. >> GOVERNOR GREEN SAYS HAWAII'S HOUSING CRISIS WAS AMPLIFIED FOLLOWING THE LINE OF FIRE AND BEHIND A STRONG WAS IMPERATIVE AND HELPING GET LEGISLATION PASSED QUICKLY TO ALLOW COUNTIES TO LOOKING TO ZONING AND PHASE OUT VACATION RENTALS, HOW THEY SEE FIT. >> WHEN AFTER THE TRAGIC WILDFIRE THAT EVERYONE BECAME AWARE AND THEN EVEN MORE WEAR AND THEN EVEN MORE AWARE. THAT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS. >> HE SAYS IT'S EXTREMELY RARE FOR NEW LEGISLATION TO MOVE THROUGH IN ONE SESSION AND SAYS THIS WILL HELP BRING MORE HOUSING TO THE STATES. >> THIS BILL EMPOWERS THE COUNTY'S THE MAYORS AND THEIR COUNTY COUNCILS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO EACH COMMUNITY TO SPEAK UP AND TO DECIDE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE USE OF HOUSING. >> GOVERNOR ESTIMATES THERE ARE ROUGHLY 90,000 SHORT TERM RENTALS STATEWIDE. MAYOR BLANGIARDI SAYS THIS NEW LAW IS SIGNIFICANCE FOR HONOLULU. >> AND SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED WITH THIS DOES FOR US, IS IT TAKES WAITED 30 DAYS. GIVES US MORE AUTHORITY. WE'RE SORT OF SPRING LOADED, IF YOU WILL, TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN NOW. SO OUR INTENT IS BEEN THE SAME WE DON'T WANT GET GO BACK TO POINT WHEN WE STARTED NEIGHBORHOODS. >> BLANGIARDI SAYS OVER 25% OF OWNERS OWN 20 OR MORE RENTALS. THE BILL RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM LOCAL 5 AND I'LL WU. >> SPEAKING AS A >> LOCAL BOY BORN AND RAISED IN HAWAII AND SEE WHERE OUR HAWAII HAS CHANGED AND HOW PROLIFIC THESE STRS HAVE BECOME. AND A CHASE US OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MAYOR BLANGIARDI ABOUT WHEN HE

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Published: Sat May 04 2024