The Airbnb-ing of Hawaiʻi | INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI

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Short-term vacation rental companies like Airbnb are changing the tourism industry - and quite possibly your neighborhood. Opponents of this phenomenon say illegal or “underground” vacation rentals drive up housing prices and change the character of neighborhoods. Airbnb proponents say it has stabilized Hawai‘i’s housing market. Local data indicates 19 percent of homeowners partner with Airbnb to avoid foreclosure, and 60-65 percent participate so they can afford to stay in their homes.
INSIGHTS Episode 1741
Original Airdate: June 22, 2017
Panelists:
Sharlyn Foo (Legal Vacation Home Owner, Backpackers Vacation Inns)
Lawrence Bartley (President, Save Oahu's Neighborhoods)
Will Page (Home-Sharing Supporter)
Cade Watanabe (Community and Labor Organizers, Unite Here Local 5)
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@gardenisledeplorable6276 5 лет назад

It does ruin the neighborhood. Whole house rentals, or room rentals. They spend less money, knock on your door when lost, park in your spot as a resident. You have no real neighbors, and it drives the long term rental pricing out of reach. It has to stop. I have been here ten years, working with tourists. The clientele of AIRBNB is different, lower calibur, young, cheap, and blocking all our roads, and parks. I will be leaving the island within two years to get away from the housing situation on Kauai. I am sick of it. I visited the island for twenty years before moving here. The island has changed dramatically, and negatively. Stop AIRBNB, it does not provide jobs, or taxes.

@hothotheat3000 3 года назад

If you want it to stop, create affordable housing and block foreign buyers from taking property and driving up costs.

@seanfernandez2233 3 года назад

They should limit the amount of days a host is allowed to rent to 90 days a year like Il believe they did in San Francisco. It also needs enforcement though which they should make Airbnb follow. While Airbnb isn't the only problem it surely exacerbates the housing problems and does lead to making rentals go up in price because why would you rent an apartment for 1500 if you could make 3000 off it on Airbnb. Also limit foreign investment. Hosting should not be a privilege.

@lcrain7840 2 года назад

have the same issues on the main land- though far less impactful compared to an island- but I'm in a struggle with neighboring renters right now who have no owner oversight. I rent rooms to a few young, fully employed people too, but I'm on site to maintain the property and neighborly relations. It's night and day between the two properties- owners need to be on site as the responsible party.

@guyappin0 3 года назад

Very fascinating issue (from a mainland SoCal perspective) as the US begins preparations for a full reopening post Covid

@GetReady4LiftOff 5 лет назад

8lanes traffic bumper to bumper. Crowded. Tiny condo 800ft $2,000 w tiny yard.

@David53D 5 лет назад

Glad I moved away in the late 1980s as everything was changing due to the massive increase of people. I now live on a secluded lake in South Texas where no one is fighting for every square inch of land and driving is fast and easy.

@myralhf 2 года назад

Texas has its own issues...

@hwnboy925 6 лет назад

If you own a property, you should be allowed to do what you want with it. If you can provide a service let the customers decide. Sounds like the majority of the people on this panel just represent corporate hotels or want more government intervention. Obviously airbnb is doing well because the consumers like it. Not everyone wants to stay in a hotel, or in a crowded area.

@operasinger2126 5 лет назад

Do locals who have to rent like airbnb?

@gardenisledeplorable6276 5 лет назад

@@operasinger2126 NO, planning to leave within two years. Whole house, or rooms, both devastating island

@esperantoviro 5 лет назад

I am an AirB&B SUPER host in South East Florida. also an area with many vacational rentals and out of state owners. We have a booming business because we live in the house and aid and help our guest explore and enjoy our area. We send them to eat in the restaurants and beaches, clubs, stores and services where we go. They leave and return because they feel that they are now part of our Florida community. I HATE tourist areas where hotel employees send me somewhere where they would never go. Employees do not care bout the visitors. We do. I want to go and stay in Hawai'i. I want to get to know Hawai'i. I am studying Haewai'ian language and culture and I want to have a host who honors that and who gibes me tips and ideas of what to do. I do not want to eat McDonald's in Hawai'i - I want poi and pua kalu'a, raw fish and laulau. I want to be in HAWAI'I when I am there and not in a Disney copy of it. AirB&B offers me that option. Aloha loa ma ka 'aina Pololika mai!

@birdhouse7230 4 года назад

@@gardenisledeplorable6276 It's EVERYwhere in case you haven't noticed. Sign of the times....because people EVERYwhere are struggling. Just because you have trouble w/the rent, doesn't mean you are going to find it any easier in a comparable market. Go to SF and talk about devastating. There are solutions that are FAIR. THIS was not....it's a slap in the face to locals who struggle...a bureaucratic move to keep people slaves.

@birdhouse7230 4 года назад

@@esperantoviro That is one of the reasons why many people run B& B's....they like meeting new people and helping them have a good time. That grouch on the panel, Brat...he'd NEVER make it in the business.

@GetReady4LiftOff 5 лет назад

State cares about taxes & tells city you figure it out. The city needs to work for the ppl. The city doesn’t have any power to enforce the law. The city & council needs to get together. 400 homes a month are converted to vacation homes. Where will local ppl live is a citizen question?. The AirB&B is fastest growing on all continents that was lunched all at one time. ppl want rentals to help pay their high cost of living. But vast listings are entire homes with owners who live out of state. Neighbors complain and number of dna given out. Needs to be reasonable thought, not everything lumped together as the same. It’s owner as residence vs owner is out of state. separate owner occupants from non owner occupants. The enforcers have no power they aren’t police.

@birdhouse7230 4 года назад

They passed a poorly thought out bill probably out of laziness. This issue is so serious to thousands of people who, as you state accurately, they've lumped together. They talk so much about out-of-state ownership, or non-owner occupied properties as being the culprit, YET REALLY in the end just want to control ALL residents from having any freedom to do what is legally their right--except...oh, you can rent out your 2 spare bedrooms...and oh, you can't do this or that...WHO the heck want's to come on vacation and live in someone's spare room? And forget it if you're a family. Basically, the hotel lobby won....the many people who held licenses and paid their taxes (knowing this was illegal, but paid anyway), the restaurants, shops, ocean businesses, etc...even the B&B owners who did hospitality shopping....all this helped the economy. Many of these local homes will not be up for local renters....many don't want strangers living full time in their homes, and you can bet that the homes that catered to tourists are not going to be within the budget of the average family. This panel was disgustingly biased. Why they didn't have a fair split is obvious...the whiny complainers of the left mentality.....gov't control of your property is basically communistic and they must convince the rest of the people that this is what's wrecking Hawaii....uh, try going back 50 years to see where things started to go wrong. If Hawaii was SO concerned for its locals...maybe they should BAN foreign nationals from purchasing ANY land. That ought to do it.

@bigpoppa4094 7 лет назад

hotels are so expensive on the islands. there a only a few Air b and b's around that are cheap enough so people on a budget can enjoy coming to the island on a regular basis. this is true that Airbnb increases rent, because supply is shortened up. Some people rather Airbnb a room rather than rent it out for month to month to a local, because Airbnb makes so much more. How about some of these very expensive hotels lower the cost? A local renting a room on a month to month basis is like $500-1200. Hotels be charging min $100 a night. a lot of people i am assuming would rather stay in hotel, but choose AirBnB for cost reasons. Large groups also prefer the local feel of renting out an entire house with multiple rooms. Maybe some how regulating people that are not living in the homes, and only using them as investment rental Airbnb properties illegal. that would take a massive effort that Airbnb probably doesnt have the resources for, and probably cant enforce. That gets tricky when some people rent entire vocation homes, because they are only there a few months of the year.

@birdhouse7230 4 года назад

This was a win for the Hotel lobby....I know many people doing B&Bs....they are not going to be into long term renting. Most people are supplementing and don't want a stranger/tenant forever....and it's much easier to keep your property in control, clean and maintained, not letting hood get rundown. These people also had on site parking, kept noise down and gave visitors a great interaction which added to their experience. Hawaii politics is really....pitiful.

@thomasreto2997 4 года назад

So, not every tourist can afford to spend $500 a night to stay in a resort. Not everyone wants to stay in a resort. We have a house with an ohana that we will rent short term in a few years when we will reside there. Guarantee it will disrupt no one. If anything, people will afford to spend more money at restaurants outings tours etc. i.e. support more small mom and pop local businesses than spending to single large monopoly type corporation I.e. resort chain🌈😃🤙

@zxyatiywariii8 3 года назад

Yes, I think this is a better way. Big plasticky resorts owned by conglomerates who have no real love for the islands and just want to get cash from the tourists who only want a bunch of pictures to show off alongside their Tour Of Europe pictures. They don't love the islands either, it's just conspicuous consumption. I would just want to BE on the island and appreciating the 'āina and all the beauty of Hawaii. . .

@audiofunkdialect 5 лет назад

How about affordable housing for locals so they can have a place to stay at that has rent controls? Or encouraging locals to buy a house there and rent it and maybe limiting how many places somebody can own and rent out. It would seem that the more money going into the hands of the locals is better for the regional economy than going to a hotel owned by some rich corporation or person. Also if these people save money by staying at an Airbnb won’t they be more likely to have extra money that they can spend locally? I rent out rooms in the house I live in and it pretty much subsidizes all of my rent.

@David53D 5 лет назад

Rent controls will create a shortage of rentals and substandard rentals due to not enough money generated for repairs.

@luxuryhomes8889 5 лет назад

go home haole?

@S.Kona34 4 года назад

Luxuryhomes888 haha. Then what? Kick Islanders off da mainland ? Present day Hawaiins invaded peaceful first peoples so who are the invaders?

@birdhouse7230 4 года назад

You'd be shocked at how many HAOLES are doing b&b's....stop making it a race issue. It's a right of people to do what they want with their homes in respect to laws...IF 90% of this panel REALLY was honest we'd make progress...they KEEP saying it's ok for owner-occupied---that's not the issue...oh really?? Then why do they keep harping on people who DO live on the property and rent part of the house? Foo is hypocritical. She doesn't really care cuz she's "safe"....she doesn't competition. And that pompous one...clueless. Only the one proponent has the ability to make this issue move forward because he's really considering local people who REALLY had an option....these others living in cushy comfort don't give a real damn...talk talk talk...

@S.Kona34 4 года назад

I'm more annoyed with the coqui frogs.....

@S.Kona34 4 года назад

Ripster Wow , you don't know history. The current Hawaiin ancestors invaded a peaceful people's who immigrated from Tahiti first. Then the new Hawaiins were at war with each other ever since. One chief after another invaded Island after Island until KAM l united by force.....