"Rebalancing our housing market means we must return apartment-zoned housing to local families and residents-and that principle has guided our approach to Bill 9 from the very beginning," said Mayor Bissen in a news release."
""We've seen an influx of outside messaging driven by special interests attempting to influence our community through fear. But the facts matter," he said."
""Decisions about Maui's housing should be guided by the needs of the people who live here-not by outside interests trying to protect profits," he said."
Maui County enacted Bill 9 to phase out more than 6,200 transient vacation rentals (TVRs) located in apartment-zoned areas of West and South Maui. Units in West Maui must be removed by January 1, 2029, and units in South Maui by January 1, 2031. The affected properties are on the Minatoya List, were built before 1989, and previously operated under a permit exemption. The law preserves other short-term accommodations, leaving about 6,500 TVR parcels plus hotels, time-shares, and bed-and-breakfasts. Officials cited outside ownership and TVR share of housing inventory as drivers of the change.
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