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Hawaii

msongs

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1. the problem with airBnb etc is

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 10:22 PM

Jun 2019

it originally began as a way to rent out a spare room in your house to make a few $$. now it is speculators buying housing and renting out all the rooms short term vacation rental at exhorbitant rates. this of course reduces the amount of housing available for actual island residents and drives up housing prices overall, all for speculators and gougers feeding profits to air whats it and similar companies

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Honolulu Council Approves Crackdown On Vacation Rentals [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP

the problem with airBnb etc is msongs Jun 2019 #1

It also affects the hotel industry and government funding, TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #2

Good for them. Phoenix61 Jun 2019 #3