UPDATE: Mayor Richard Bissen called for “shared sacrifice” but said a moratorium on vacation rentals would likely bring costly legal challenges and unintended consequences.

Potential tax liabilities for hosts and evolving housing options are obstacles to participation.

Dallas-based real estate developer Paul Cheng has already received $18 million in county subsidies for his Pulelehua housing development.

The current need is most pressing in Lahaina, but the rest of the state is also suffering from a lack of dignified housing.

Kula residents readily acknowledge their losses are nowhere near the level experienced by Lahaina wildfire survivors but they share many of the same frustrations.

We need news organizations to do a better job exploring responsible travel and home ownership. 

Tiny homes and ohana units could help provide more housing quickly. Barriers must be removed to address what is, indeed, an emergency.

Fire survivors with FHA loans on destroyed or damaged properties can breathe a little easier for the next few months.

Only about 13% of affordable units in some Honolulu towers have sold after being on the market for over a year.

The second revision prompted opponents of his initial emergency order to drop their legal challenge.