( ) -q-17- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “of vacation rentals.” An acute housing shortage hitting fire survivors on the Hawaiian island of Maui is squeezing out residents. [CutID: <Cuts> HAWAII-VACATION-RENTALS-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 17s Title: HAWAII-VACATION-RENTALS-house-q-MONam Out-cue: of vacation rentals] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ————————— VERBATIM: The situation is prompting state lawmakers to consider giving counties […]
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Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after wildfire amplifies housing crisis
( ) -q-17- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “of vacation rentals.”
An acute housing shortage hitting fire survivors on the Hawaiian island of Maui is squeezing out residents.
[CutID: <Cuts> HAWAII-VACATION-RENTALS-house-q-MONam.mp3
Time: 17s
Title: HAWAII-VACATION-RENTALS-house-q-MONam
Out-cue: of vacation rentals]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The situation is prompting state lawmakers to consider giving counties the authority to phase out vacation rentals. The deadly wildfire last August burned the core of Lahaina’s (lah HIGH nah) residential housing stock. Neighborhoods spared by the fire have a high percentage of vacation rentals.