Tax incentives proposed to get Maui vacation unit owners to rent to survivors
7 months in Star Advertiser
Maui’s post-fire efforts to find long-term housing for survivors of the Aug. 8 wildfires could serve as a new model to convert short-term vacation rentals across the state into badly needed long-term housing for residents, beginning with “eye popping” tax changes and increased income that would reward owners of long-term rental units, Gov. Josh Green told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Tuesday.