Bill 159 TVR Cap Goes to Council Meeting Friday

Aloha,

Thank you to everyone who contacted their council members and made testimony at the Planning and Sustainable Land Use and County Council meetings last week regarding Bill 159.

After discussion the council members did make some changes to the language adding that existing TVRS may continue to renovate, reconstruct and expand, but just may not expand room numbers or TVR units (amounts of visitors they can host).

Note: This bill does not impact bed and breakfast or short term rental permit holders, and does not affect their ability to renew their permits.

This bill is on the agenda for second reading this Friday.
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If you have any questions please feel free to email me
at jenrusso@mauivacationrentalassociation.org or call me at 808-280-3286.

Mahalo

Jen Russo
MVRA needs you now more than ever. Our voices are stronger together. We continue to advocate for the Vacation Rental industry in this challenging landscape. With our local government discriminating against rentals with no good cause, and proposing to pass legislation that reduces or eliminates property rights our work is more important that ever before. Since 2001 Maui Vacation Rental Association has been the non profit publicly supporting the rights of Maui property owners, small businesses, management companies, and managers. We know our work is more critical than ever. Thank you for supporting, engaging and being a part of this organization. 
We are actively watching the administration’s activities and remain concerned about discrimination against vacation rentals as well as threatened property rights. If you want to continue fighting for your property rights to be a vacation rental on Maui then please consider contributing to our legal fund. We continue to work on the legal arguments, phone calls, relationships and strategies for keeping your businesses from being discriminated against during the pandemic and into the future. Please join our legal fund today by clicking here to contribute so that we can continue to be well prepared. Mahalo to those who have contributed already.