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My family is split on this. Overall I think it’s more of a bad thing that really only benefits the big hotel chains. Has this new law affected anyone here negatively or postively?

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Overall I think it’s more of a bad thing that really only benefits the big hotel chains.

    I’m in complete agreement. It put many people I know who had small businesses around maintaining/ cleaning/ landscaping out of business. The obvious corruption on the county council, where the Hotel lobbyist who was literally on the council pushed it forward. Its so obviously based on keeping all tourist money in Waikiki that its disgusting. Air-BnB was actually spreading out and democratizing the tourism pretty well. Almost no money that comes into Waikiki leaves Waikiki. We’ve had the policies in place now and there has been 0 material impact on housing prices from the ban, meanwhile, it consolidated power into Waikiki and killed a ton of cottage businesses supporting them.

    Overall the ban was incredibly stupid and short sighted for the community of Oahu. People drank up the koolaid the Hotel industry fed them and still believe it today.

    • bakachuOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for giving me some actual insight to how this is affecting local people in hawaii. I know people have strong feelings but i wanted to hear more on a personal level.

      So most of my family has moved to the mainland and my mom is now retired and wants to do longer trips to visit all the kids and grandkids and travel the world a little. With the new airbnb law she can’t rent out her house now to help supplement her income so she can afford those trips.

      I know there are those property hoarder types that people associate this new airbnb law with helping to crack down on. But it doesn’t seem like this would affect them much at all. They don’t live in those houses so they can just rent them out for longer to get around the law.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        I know there are those property hoarder types that people associate this new airbnb law with helping to crack down on. But it doesn’t seem like this would affect them much at all. They don’t live in those houses so they can just rent them out for longer to get around the law.

        Thats what I’ve largely seen. I know a family that has around 10 condos on the west side, and its not like he’s selling them because he can’t airbnb them. I have a couple friends getting evicted rn, and they both work, but like, they want to increase the rent like 50%.

        Still lucky we live hawaii.

        (edit: just to be clear, not getting evicted by the fam with condos. just making the point that the airbnb ban has done nothing to impacts rents)