Short-term vacation rental bill blasted thegardenisland.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegardenisland.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Short-term rental bill blasted: Dozens express strong opposition to County Council s TAR measure westhawaiitoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from westhawaiitoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A proposal to rewrite how Hawaii County regulates short-term vacation rentals led to hours of backlash from residents accusing the County Council of overreach.
The bill would have accepted and added into the County’s budget $1 million from the state, which Puna state Rep. Greggor Ilagan was able to get allocated as a line item in the state budget in 2021, and another $500,000 from County coffers for the Hawai‘i County Department of Public Works to do the study.
The three-bill package is aimed at making sure all transient accommodation rentals in Hawai’i County are registered, operating safely and following the same standards.