It’s unfortunate because my boyfriends grandma is using part of her house as an Airbnb to make income. She’s in her 80’s and didn’t manage her money well so she doesn’t have a lot saved up. It’s a great opportunity for a lot of people, some people just abuse it.
Hawaiians need to have the same rights as native Americans and native Alaskans on a federal level and they don’t. They cannot agree on that but Until that happens they will lose their land. If ever you wanted to shine a light on an issue, explore that 🤷🏽♀️
it’s almost like they want Hawaii specifically to suffer. the only native group that hasn’t received proper reparations and given benefits on their land, the only native group that had a Queen and we all know how the US wanted to escape anything with a monarchy. it so dumb.
Incorrect, they just need to be given their island back along with their money making opportunities and the u.s. just able to visit, Hawaii doesn't belong to the u.s. they stole it! Same as native Americans deserve WAY more rights and assistance then wtf their getting from a land stolen from them and attempted to wipe out their people or "white" ify them! It's all wrong all together! Alaska doesn't belong to us either
The Kingdom of Hawaii is not part of the "United States". Also The "United States" is not the "Land" you think it is. The "States" are Corporate Fictions that are under the jurisdiction of Washington DC. The "Land" is the physical land we the people are on. We are also part of the "Land". Thus the people and the land are one.
I remember reading that the reason for the ridiculous housing crunch in South Florida is because big corporations buy up rental apartments and then rent them out as AirBnBs and VRBOs. So there’s a tight housing market for actual “this is my home” rentals, and as such the rental prices are high.
I live in an area that has always been super affordable, and we have a lot of tourists. It was a great balance. Then AirBnB happened. In 6 months, we saw rents more than double. You can find more AirBnB's than rentals now.
U go to middle america and everything from materials and unions and wait times to get the cost of building a house so high its not worth it. Like even in mew york, concrete is like 5 times more expensive than in kentucky.
Problem is inflation. Federal reserve prints money out of thin air and prices of everything go up. Regulation can not fix this. Need a stable currency to have stable prices.
❤️ thank you for using your platform to spread awareness 🙏🏽 let’s also not forget that in 1993 Bill Clinton signed an “apology letter “ to Hawaii knowingly and acknowledging that the UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY annexed Hawaii.
Honey, it’s not just Hawaii, and Hawaiian people are just as special as anyone. In every state people are being priced out of real estate. Happens here in Colorado.
I am Hawaiian and my mom tells me this all the time. Naive Hawaiians are being pushed out of there homes cause of how expensive it is to live here. theres no more aloha and it's heartbreaking
Same in Key West which was originally peopled by what are called “Conchs”. All long ago driven out due to millionaires moving in and decimating the islands.
Airbnb has morphed into some sort of monster. It is so far off from the initial idea of renting a room in your home for the weekend or your even your whole place while you were away on vacation.
The fact that there are people who now lease a bunch of apartments just to AirBnB them is crazy too. I watched an interview of this 19 year old who "has" 16 properties but I can't imagine the nuisance she is bringing to the apartment complexes.
Not only is the rental prices and lack of home buying a big issue, a smaller issue I have that makes 0 sense to me is cleaning up after yourself but also having a cleaning fee of $200 *on top* of an already overpriced stay. I'd rather go to a hotel
"Out of a total population of 600,000 in the islands and 155,000 registered voters, 140,000 votes were cast, the highest turnout ever in Hawaii. The vote showed approval rates of at least 93% by voters on all major islands. Of the approximately 140,000 votes cast, fewer than 8,000 rejected the Admission Act of 1959."
@@shinyape1741 this was long after the bayonet constitution and the monarchy getting forced out of power. The commenter is correct; the u.s stole the island and there was never a voluntary choice in the beginning. Ted Ed made an excellent video on this and Queen Lili'uokalani if you want to look more into it.
@@shinyape1741who tf cares if the kingdom of Hawaii took over other kingdoms? The fact is that the US coup’d and seized the island and people really like to deny this for some reason.
In Denver, you can only Airbnb (or any other short term rental app) your primary residence. Yes, you must live at that residence over 6 months a year and have a license through the city. It has helped a ton with the short term rental property buys.
Our small Colorado Town p s has been hijacked thru greedy lawless bocc Texas ca realtors we the people of Colorado can no longer afford to live here 😢!
@@jamesspalten5977 happening everywhere, not just vacation spots. To be fair, the problem isn't that there is a demand to own BnB homes, but that there is a demand to stay in BnB's. If people stopped demanding them, then buyers wouldn't exist.
We all live together, we don't move out, and housing is kept in the family, so how the hell do they not have housing? I thought things were bad when we left. I guess it got worse.
As a Hawaiian myself i take the conservative point of view. Hawaii needs protection, protection from non Americans. The Hawaii government agreed to be part of the United States. While one part of me feels obligated to retain the Hawaiian blood/culture/land. Another part of me knows that without the defense of the Mainland there would not be a Hawaii. The only fair assessment is could agree on is if Hawaii wants to be 100% blood they cannot live/own any Mainland.
This is a good point and I appreciate your perspective. There can never be a truly free Hawai'i. Colonial and moneyed interests will always continue doing what they have always done. Hawai'i could never defend herself, repel an invasion, or even afford to stop tourism or stop importing food. It would be a powerless tiny tropical puppet of whichever country or corporation decides it belongs to them. Compared to the other options, being the 50th state of the most powerful nation on earth is not so bad. I say this as a haole who is learning Olelo Hawai'i and is deeply interested and invested in Hawai’ian culture.
@@wiredforstereoI think that is a natural progression many go thru after moving here. I moved here in college and sovereignty movements were huge and I learned about all the shady stuff that happened, it seemed only fair and right to give them back their land. But the longer I've been here, I've realized that the wise elders here don't have all the answers either and many times are operating with a limited understanding of the world outside of Hawaii. I've now realized it is very messy and unfair but also a necessary arrangement.
@@tamie341 I want to move there and live on Kilauea and I have struggled with doing so in light of Hawai'i history and the sovereignty movement. And I support their work, and at the same time, I think they're pushing the wrong direction. If Hawai'i was simply given back to what remains of its original people, it would immediately devolve into a third world dictatorship like Haiti or many of the rest of them. People talk of returning to the monarchy, but I've read up on the monarchy and it had all the same horrible characteristics of every monarchy. Monarchies are not good. What they really need is simply more affordable housing, and regulations on land speculation and whatnot. At any rate, I want to go to live there and give to the island, to learn the language, to build a new house so that I am not displacing someone who already lives there. I will be maintaining my business and job on the mainland and not competing with someone for a job on the Island. It will be my retirement. I made all my money on the mainland, and I'll be spending it on the island. If I could do better, someone please tell me.
@@wiredforstereoNothing wrong with that idea imo. I'd recommend visiting for a month or two before fully committing tho just due to the drastic change in lifestyle it is from the mainland. You'd be surprised how many ppl move here thinking it will be permanent only to move back after a few years.
@@tamie341 I have visited several times and scouted locations, but yes, it has been recommended. Each time I visit, my plans don't exactly change, but they are refined. Like, what am I here for, what do I want to do here, what kind of people do I want to be around. And maybe it doesn't work out. Such is life. But since the first time I visited, it has been my dream and goal to live there. I suffer such horrible seasonal depression living in a place that is cold and wet all winter. Always have. I fight every year, and every year, I lose. I just want a very small place to come and get away from it during my off season, the winter. I was thinking next winter, buying some sort of vehicle I could live in and shipping it to Hawaii and spending a month or so living out of the vehicle, then put it into long term storage and come back. I'm building my business and saving up, having a purpose in a way I never have before.
Not only that, you have people who come to the islands and refuse to live with Aloha. No one cares about their neighbors or communities, and only think about themselves. No one helps auntie or uncle anymore because it’s too inconvenient or they have to go out of their way to do something for them. They forget that if you take care of the island, the island is gonna take care of you.
Aloha is something that is in you, the people that care coming to the island from the mainland are bringing with them the entitlement, bigotry, and racism with them. They can’t live Aloha because they didn’t even live that way on the mainland. They don’t take care of jack here, so they don’t go to the Islands and magically get they have to take care of her😢
If this was true then those aunties and uncles whould get help they need if they took care of island. But unfortunately inflation and other factors are making it harder to live for working class. The more we wish to live in modernized comfort the harder it gets for us all to give to others from an empty cup. If only we could come up with realistic planned approach to solve this issue hawaii and other places who are similarly having people migrate to afford living and not blame the poor people but make plans that others see clearly as a solution everyone can follow.
🫵👻👹👽The real question is, WHO ARE THE AIR BNB/BRBO OWNERS & W H Y THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS THIS? 🤑FOLLOW THE paperwork trail.. BETTER YET ASK 🫵🫵 YOURSELVES why WE THE PEOPLE who outnumber our ENTIRE GOVERNMENT let the government do what they want when WE THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LAST SAY?! Wake up people is about to get worse in alot of other ways....
Aloha mai e na hoa aloha. I see a lot of comments saying that it’s like that everywhere which is true. What makes this situation a little different is as a kanaka maoli and a speaker of our native language. Hawaii is the only place we can be Hawaiian. People get priced out of everywhere say Texas, Utah and so forth but your culture expands through out the US. There is no place else my ohana and I can go to practice our native culture. Our language has recently been revitalized in the 70’s it cannot be perpetuated anywhere else. Hawaii is so attractive not because of her beauty but because of her spirit. The aloha spirit resides in the people. Without the people hawaii just becomes a Hollywood back drop. Mahalo
It’s the Hawaiian people that make Hawaii, Hawaii! My partner (Maori) and I (Fijian) want to visit Hawaii for the Hawaiians not the resorts and the houses. The culture , the land and the ocean. We feel for our brothers and Sisters in Hawaii and looking at any support we can offer from the other side of the pacific.
You're right about that because people are coming to Texas from California Oregon Utah New York everywhere expensive so they're paying a lot more for housing all the taxes are going up everything's going up so now people can't afford to live in Texas unless they're wealthy. It's starting to be that way.
I’ve never visited your beautiful island. Are there ways we can give to the locals? I’m talking any co-ops for food, chillin somewhere local for a few nights? Giving back to the land areas that are needed? That kind of thing Instead of airbnb or resorts. I’d imagine that is a key point for anyone who would like to visit to invest locally. #travel-responsibly ❤ no pressure to answer. It’s me brainstorming ❤
In Berlin they changed the laws, that U cant but housing to flip it…its unfortunate from an investment standpoint, but great for the general population. Housing should be for living….not flipping a profit
How about this? Any single family home used as a rental unit must have been previously occupied by the current landlord as their primary residence for at least 3 years. Make it a law. It will boot out the corporations and the rich, but still allow middle-class people to rent out their old home and continue to provide them some passive income. More importantly, it will free up around 20,500,000 single family homes across the nation, and with an increase in supply comes a decrease in price. Normally, I'd say, let businesses be free, but we're in a housing crisis. Making homes less expensive would also decrease the value of homes for individuals not renting or looking to sell. This would decrease their property taxes and save them money. It would also free up more apartments and drive that price down so that people who can't afford a home at least have somewhere to live.
No offense to some of the comments here, but the Californians moving to other states is not a fair comparison. This isn't just about higher value homes, or too expensive homes. This is an indigenous people being run out of their home. This is culture being threatened. This is tons of Kanaka being separated from each other cause they can't afford to stay on their native land. This isn't just a tourist destination. It's so much much more. Mahalo nui loa to this ohana for helping spread awareness. Aloha.
You'd think Americans wouldn't make the same mistake twice. They never cared about indigenous anything. It's a good day when they don't take it and then give you a small fraction of it and that's where you have to stay for generations. They outlawed potlaches and kidnapped children and put them in residential schools. This wasn't hundreds of years ago. This was in my older cousins times. They're in their 50s today.
It is, in part due to the state officials like Cali. Everything is overpriced and unaffordable even in rural MO. Comparatively it is much cheaper but investors are taking over everything and need to be stopped, period. Home buyers everywhere are struggling because of that nonsense. It's disgusting that people take advantage like that with no regard for anything but their bank account.
Californians ruin their home because they ruined it so bad they have to leave but they don’t learn their lesson, then they go to other places and ruin those places...
When I worked for H&R Block as a receptionist. I heard the saddest story from a lady. She was a native Hawaiian whose family lived on the islands for hundreds of years. Her husband passed away a year earlier. She with her young son could not afford to live in Hawaii anymore. So they moved to California where they could not afford to live either. Then she said she and her son moved to Arizona and the drastic change in climate from what they were used to caused her son to almost died and she developed health problems also. She said in a last-ditch effort she moved to Florida to try to make a life for her and her son. That shook me to my core.😢
I know for her was too late to buy a house(because of the high prices),but her parents,grandparents and great grandparents did not work or loan the money to buy a house when it was much cheaper to buy....they also did not move when it was easyer to relocate.They reap what the generations before have sowen...
I feel for her but she seems like a lucky individual with choices. The average person can’t even afford to move multiple times like that. They end up somewhere stuck or even homeless. They don’t even have the luxury to pack up and move.
This is grievous. I actually think in a way family land should be allowed to remain family land. Property taxes are a BIG part of this problem-- and inheritance…. The MAIN problem. So governments take your tax money from Amazon and leave us alone!!!
I had a really good work buddy a few years back that came to the PNW to make money for his family to send back to the islands.... one of the most heartbreaking things was seeing how homesick he was and how much he missed his home and family, but kept a brave face regardless. When he spoke of home it was one of those things you envied because you could hear and see how much it meant to him, how deep his connection to home was. It's wrong how those islands have been turned into a tourist attraction. These are real people, with families that matter.
Legislating for a Hawaiian land Trust that purchases large real estate plots purpose chosen in different areas next to cultivated agriculture, marine, animal estuary or tourist activity areas. If the government buys them from existing landowners and then sets up a long-term low interest rate mortgage with the trusts that they could repay and own after the profits of each individual land parcels native community economic ventures. You can have lots of smaller houses, a couple of dorm-apt-style buildings and then several large community buildings for childcare, gatherings, different age group activites, etc. People in the homes can rent to own, people in the dorms can pay small rents subsidized by their extra work in the community profit businesses and aging or childcare projects. Native Hawaiian's are geared towards much more involved famiky and community than most mainlanders. Native Tribes used to be much the same. And while it certainly isnt lazy as govenrment has tried to paste it as, it isnt a lifestyle that provides enough individual income to support the single family dual-income homes unfortunately popular today. I think their way is a much healthier, better way long-term. And to prove that and optimistically shift some of our perceptions about a partial return to it, we have to 'build it so they will come'.
Mahalo, I am Native American and my cousin married a Hawaiian woman. We have been talking about the very same problem. Thank you for reaching out and raising awareness about this. I pray at least we can save my Hawaiian brothers and sisters from the same fate we have experienced.
I'm a millionaire that plays pro basketball in the United States, but I heard about the way y'all treat my people there,...so I will leave y'all to figure it out!
Some of you also have to remember that the islands of Hawaii are not as big as the states on the mainland, you can only expand housing so far on the islands without damaging miles of vegetation and natural resources, which to us Hawaiians is out of the question, we hate when people destroy the land for their own profit and gain because we are deeply connected to our homeland as a people, it’s not just a vacay spot it’s our history and culture. Most just come to have a good time and leave.
@@Considerable_Ounce That’s due to the onslaught of colonization, overthrow and assimilating its native people to accept a westernized way of living, at that point Hawaii was basically just commercialized for the convenience of wealthy men making money, Hawaii had no choice but to move toward tourism because once discovered by foreigners, they were now catering to those who came to see the islands and thus having to provide those people with the luxuries of modern society.
I'm far removed from Hawaii, so I can only say that I hope some changes come for you soon. Islands have such precious and diverse species and ecosystems that cannot be replicated once they are gone, and tourists rarely appreciate that.
The rest of the US has millions of miles to buy. We have equivalent of 1 city in California to buy. That's not the same. We have nothing cheap in the outskirts of the city we have none. Only 1 million dollar studios and apartments. The price of a single-family home it’s over $1 million.
@ihopebidendiespainfully-ix5vsthis is the first time I have read this, but it definitely has some validity to it. Rich dad, poor dad, put passive income into the main stream for sure. That book changed the minds of millions.
As do so many previously exotic destinations that have all priced their original people out of paradise in order t9 allow in vapid, mean spirited tourists from everywhere else who simply take, take, take. 😶
As a Hawaiian, we’ve been saying this for years and no one cares and no one listens. As long as there’s a place to vacay they don’t care bc it’s not their home so they don’t have to worry or care about the housing of the locals. This is why I came to cali, bc I can’t make a single person not living with their family as an adult.
Yeah but she doesn't care about everywhere, she cares about the native Hawaiians because that's where the woke virtue points are scored. Her hyper-liberal friends and followers won't care about white people in Texas or Florida being priced out of homes by the flood of migration from Cali and NY, or all the problems caused by illegal immigration from Mexico into border states. Nope, it's those evil whites invading the beautiful brown peoples of Hawaii that get her the clout she wants.
Farmlands are being destroyed by developers building houses that start at $750,000 up are the examples starting during the wuhan scam grabbing land from fail loans and hardship sales in Georgia. My farm property taxes increase was double of last year.....jump to double without a lake, county sewage, or sidewalks or commercial property within 2 miles !!! Developers are in bed with county commissioners so nothing you can do. But do have plenty of potholes in our roads and speed traps.
They need to regulate the Airbnbs at the local level. Also in other countries they do not offer housing to foreigners, you are only allowed to lease it for month or year increments. The same concept should apply in Hawaii.
They should only allow locals to buy homes. They have local wages. What is unfair is letting someone come from outside with much higher wages and buy properties from locals for prices they could never afford. I am sure Hawaii is living from tourism, so airbnb should be limited to locals being able to offer it to tourists.
Unfortunately, it would be seen as “unconstitutional” in the eyes of the US government and those are rules that can’t be overstepped on the local level.
@@user-rf6gq8vz5v That wouldn't work. There are a lot of rich Hawaii residents too. It's got the biggest "wealth gap" of any of the states. If all the mainlanders are forced to sell their Airbnb properties, those rich locals would be more than willing to snap them all up.
There needs to be a law passed where a family is only allowed one home. Give Native Hawaiians tax breaks over people who just moved there. There’s too many people who live on the Islands rather than living with the Islands.
Mahalo for pointing this out. My sister lived on Maui for 10 years. She was priced out and couldn't find work. So she had to come back mainland. I wish I knew the solution but I understand and heartbroken for the natives.
@@dragons0220032002ify no true. Rich come in and snap up all the land driving the price through the roof. It's happening all over this country. I've walked on this earth for a long time and trust and believe it's the rich that's staying rich forcing the poor to live in their house's and pay rent to them. Middle class has but been wiped out by capitalism in it's ruthlessness that goes with it. Blame goes far and wide. It's a dangerous game with no real winners but those born with money. How many really rich family's are new??? You total up that number then see how long the incredible rich have really been here and stayed the same. They loss nothing when the shit hits the fan.
@@dragons0220032002ify how so? Because from what I gather it’s the people outside Hawaii that come there and buy up properties so they can have the tourist money come to them instead of the natives. And that money doesn’t get used on the islands at all but instead sent back to the mainland taking money away from Hawaii. I’m fairly certain that would make it rich assholes faults for not thinking about the economic impact their business would have on everyone else. Eventually this stupid way of business will burn them down because when the natives can’t afford to stay there they aren’t there to run the tourist attractions meaning there won’t be tourists anymore which will kill the business that started it all
Yeah unfortunately the Hawaiians and the lawmakers of the state decided the prophets to keep things like addiction treatment centers and homeless shelters and food pantries open because let's be honest if you're a native Hawaiian you are probably living in poverty this glamorize lifestyle that her and her family enjoy is an extreme police small percentage of what life is like for native Hawaiians. Hawaiians moved away from their Island because their island has no resources to help those in need. We all know that drugs and violence run ramp it on the islands that's what has caused the depletion of your state not the fact that people are buying airbnb's. What should have happened his thing should be put in place for your citizens to be able to prosper and maybe purchase some of them homes theirselves instead their rely on a shoestring government and shoestring law enforcement every part of the island don't blame this on people buying airbnb's please
I feel like this has become a huge problem in all tourist areas. I live near Tahoe, work full time as a teacher, and live in an rv, as it's the only thing I can afford.
Same here in the Flathead Valley in Montana. Rent for a 2 bedroom apartment is anywhere from $1600-$2500 yet full time workers are lucky to make $1700 a month. Enraging.
@Acidic and that's the entitled attitude that's gonna get everyone pushed out of their homes. It's not just their problem, it's gonna be everyone's problem.
“Housing needs to be set aside…” by whom? The government does not own the houses, and Fair Housing laws prohibit discrimination in renting and purchasing based on race, ethnicity, and nationality. (A seller cannot pick and choose a buyer based on their race.) So, how would this work?
@@sayhello5377 it’s called hawaiian homes. The problem with the program is that they keep the land And it takes YEARS before you can get a house. I’ve heard cases where there parents died before they could get housing an they been on that list for like 10+ years.They do not make the percentage lower so more Hawaiians can get a house. You need to be 1/2 hawaiian to get a house but you also have to build the house as well. It needs to be up to code. Then if your partner is not hawaiian or 1/4th hawaiian and you die. Your partner is now homeless. Your children will get the property but if u don’t have kids your shit out of luck. The problem is the housing market is crazy. Min wage can’t even afford rent. The house next to my grandmothers house got bought for over a million dollars. I know classmates who are real estate agents who sell houses 800,000 to over 30million. Who won’t even respond back to you if your looking for a place. It’s extremely toxic and honestly terrible. The government has ALWAYS failed hawaii and Hawaiians. They been corrupt always will be. Even the people who we want to look up to to change it. Are hypocrites who’ take the money to help us change hawaii for a trip abroad.
There is, and the native homelands are like all government in Hawaii is slooooow. Also Hawaii government doesn't give the money allocated to OHA and fights any idea to better the financial situation ie allowing casinos. Native Hawaiians get jacked around consistently by government.
All of you are missing the point: Hawaii completely destroyed its agriculture industry in favor of tourism because of outsourcing. Pineapple and sugar industry closed down because the Hawaiian products can no longer compete with the ones from Southeast Asia. If you want lower price levels, you must be able to find a way to supplant tourism as your main industry. I fail to see anything like that happening unless the US goes full protectionism
It's just poor management of the state the reason why so many of us left isn't just because of the lack of affordable housing it's because we realized our shit homes are worth millions because some stupid mainlander will spend millions for our homes that and we accepted the Islands are dead but we can save our culture if we just move. The few that stay are upset because they can't sell their homes because they haven't been passed down properly and because they don't want to accept how bad things are.
My husband is native Hawaiian and we had to move to the Midwest just to afford a home. We were going broke if we stayed here and the tourist congestion is ridiculous with all the vacation homes. He misses Hawaii since generations of his family still live together and share accommodations
Whats upsetting to me is what is affordable is being bought by those who can afford more. Please understand that what seems affordable for a islander or coastal dwellers is over priced for the average person who has live in middle America. Case and point, in 1969 a house five blocks from Lake Michigan with three bedrooms sold for $35,000. In 2021 it sold for $250,000. The kitchen was remodeled before 2010 as well as a new roof, and AC was put in. A house in the middle of no where WI, fixer upper cabin type with 8 acres: sold 1999 for $60,000; today valued at $218,000! Employment in the area: almost 0, average yearly income: 30-45,000. Housing is insane no matter where you live. Regulators need to crack down and affordable housing has to be prioritized!
So that basically makes you full Hawaiian right?…cause your husband is Hawaiian? I love how you girls throw your husbands ethnicity around like it’s your own 😂😂😂😂
It's not just Hawaii, it is everywhere, locals cannot purchase a home. In 2008 mortgage collapse should've been a reset, the banks lobbied for deregulation that set the stage. The government bailed out the banks and returned all the property to them, essentially paying them twice which now has sealed the fate of so many. So sad. Now the dollar is under threat on a world wide stage. The Fed printing money at a rapid pace, and none of it staying in the country.
IMHO, Aftereffects of 2008 banksters/underworld takeover of the world...Printing up money out of thin air on computers when 90% of humanity is making a basically honest living, and then buying houses the world over
Florida is one state the developers have ruined. they build up against rivers because it land and they can. its become the escape from new england. its a toilet.
" who would have thought living on an island would be expensive" lol read a book girl, they're full us knowledge. Oh wait sorry your "konackawhogivesafuck"
my family visited friends there and saw the insane house prices, we wondered if locals or at least native hawaiians got good discounts on them since that would be only be fair seeing it’s their homeland so it breaks my heart that this is happening :(
I’m one of the many that live away from my home because of this problem. My brother recently gave up and left Kona. He had moved from Oahu to the Big Island years ago hoping the squeeze wouldn’t be as bad. It’s awful everywhere in the islands. When he moved there were 16 houses on his street and he knew his neighbors. Twelve years later there were 6 houses left that weren’t renters. He did the only thing he had the power to do, he sold his house for less than he could get for it from investors and refused any offers from non-locals. A three generation family bought it. He won’t know if they eventually sell to an investor but he did his best to make sure his house was purchased by a local. The other problem is the corrupt state government that has sold Hawaii out from under the locals to foreign (China) investors. The state government is highly culpable in this problem.
People can start by not voting DEMOCRAT!!!! Try voting for Republicans because you've all been voting democrat in everything since FOREVER!!! Just try something else for a change. Until you do that I can't feel sorry for you guys.
It’s not just your government that has sold out your country Hawaii, my government has sold out my country Australia 🇦🇺 to China as well, we won’t purchase anything made in China, we’ve travelled to Hawaii many times for our vacation and the last time we went in 2019 we noticed a big difference in environment, it’s not the same as it once was and unfortunately we won’t be coming back, they’ve put so many high rise buildings down the main street of Waikiki and many businesses have closed that we used to often visit and got to know the locals, it’s very Sad that this has happened to such a Beautiful place. Aloha from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺🌺🌺🌺🏄♀️🏄♂️🏖️🏖️😎😎
It’s starts with the lawmakers. You guys need to do a NATIONAL protest. Make everyone see what is happening. Get federal to pass laws that protect your land and people
I was born and raised in Sacramento, California and can barely afford to live here. I cannot imagine living anywhere else. It's like that everywhere lady ..
as a Hawaiian who was born there and moved when I was 2 it is sad, I am hurt by it by far, i miss it so much as I live in the PNW now and I see it deteriorating everyday
I live in a small town in California near the beach called Santa Cruz. The exact same thing is happening here. People from silicon valley have come here and raised rents, bought up all the houses, and trash the town. Good for you for speaking up!
I live in a little town in NW Montana, close to Glacier Natl Park and thankfully my husband and I bought our home right before the pandemic. People have moved here by the thousands because they can work from home and priced out so many people from an average rental. It makes me sick to see my beautiful little community being ruined by out of stater's that can afford much higher home prices 😢
@@stephanielong7997 My husband and his parents used to live near Hermosa. They all had to move out of state because housing costs are absolutely nuts.
She literally mentioned that business couldn't keep the doors open (and also that business aren't open 7 days a week). Lilly white girls invade Hawaii, breed w locals and dilute the native bloodline. Isn't that ethnic cleansing!
The Hawaiian government needs to regulate who can buy homes and what they can do with them. We have the same problem in Canada, We have foreigners buying land and homes, driving up house prices. We have tens of thousands of people living in their vehicles here in British Columbia because they can't afford the million dollar price tags for condos, townhouses and houses
Australia has a rule that you can visit but you cannot live there without a job or without bringing something to their economy. Hawaii would probably benefit from this rule as well
Aussies are being forced out of the cities and are unable to get on the housing ladder, because foreigners are buying up the property…mostly the Chinese. It’s time the government implemented the same laws New Zealand has and you must be resident in Australia or be a citizen to purchase a single family homes. Commercial property is its own beast but needs to be addressed in the form of a certain percentage of their employees need to be Australian citizens, but the government doesn’t want to address these issues.
that really still wouldn’t help since a majority of the people going to Hawaii are higher class and have the money to be able to buy homes and such so they would just be continuing the issue , yes they would bring more money into the economy but it wouldn’t be benefiting the locals that are being pushed out of the community
The state can do something about it. They choose not to, the state enjoys the revenue higher property values provide. Natives should make every effort to vote in representatives who will take appropriate action.
Ok and then what, those same people just raise their rates to adjust for the taxes, and that means less tourism, which is hawaiis main source of income, and you're in the same exact boat with the cost of living being even higher than before
We investor keep your local shops and even your own damn business a float; happy life making $90k a year I’ll triple that every month with airbnbs while you cry about the gas prices
I'm from Puerto Rico but my brother has being living for years in Hawaii. He made his life in Hawaii and is always giving back to that beautiful Island. He fights helping Native Hawaiian for their rights and teaches kids also works the land. I am so proud of everything I've learned Tru him. I miss him! ❤
Hawaii could fix this if they legislated strict regulations against vacation home rentals. Having lived in a major tourist city revolving around tourism and tourism ONLY, our city quickly put massive bans and restrictions on where Airbnb's or VRBOs could be, how they could operate and etc. You couldn't just start an airbnb. You had to get individual permission for every home, and if even one single person in the neighborhood opposed it, it wasn't allowed. Hawaii needs to put their people before profits and start passing laws to help their struggling populations. Especially the Natives!
Hawaii Legislation is part of the problem. They don’t mind taking from it’s people and don’t mind giving away land to celebrities, big Corporations, etc just to make a buck. And I say this as a local who’s born and raised on Oahu. Many bills that are funneled through are put on a back burner.
@VNIMAL You're trolling, right? Did you not listen at all? The island is inundated with them already. Lmfao. When the locals can't even buy a home, to the point of leaving their homeland altogether, they have ENOUGH already. We're talking about responsible regulation, not abolition. Get with the program.
Omg! Visited Vieques (PR) as a kid and thought "one day I'll have a house in Vieques". Went to Vieques in 2022 and I could barely afford a 1 bedroom Air BNB, and they were not ran by locals... hoped 3 times and made it to Culebra... same story. 4 out of 4 was a cold statistic in my personal experience lol funny but not funny 😐
Yeah sorry you and the majority of the whites and blacks in Puerto Rico are not native to the island. your people killed them off along time ago. don't claim something that isn't yours
i’m from Lisbon, Portugal and the exact same thing is happening! people come here to work their remote jobs with their american salary (which is much higher compared to ours) to live in paradise but it’s making everything a lot more expensive for everyone else. rents are crazy stupid and it’s almost borderline impossible to live in Lisbon with our salary
Just tax the vacation rentals like 40%, and they will leave real quick. Then, make local zoning laws and permits with a limit of vacation homes per zip code. Then, use the proceeds to provide no interest lending and downpayment assistance for native Hawaiian people and vital jobs for local infrastructure. Fixed.
Of course you feel that way, you are not buying homes for investment. If you were, you would say that you have a right to buy a home, or several. Do you buy steak? Demand is pricing me out of it. I think you should stop buying steak so it will get cheaper and I can afford some. In fact, I think it should be illegal for you to buy more steak than I do.
@@Panncakes444 It's not just Hawaii though, its everywhere. It's just Americans talk about it in Hawaii like it isnt already a privilege to say you've lived there at any point of your life. Ofcourse theres a demand to have a holiday in a literal paradise.
Haha yeah ban people selling and buying property lol What about all the “natives” that have made a killing by selling their property to some investor? You people are whining about rich people buying property but forgetting the part where its the locals that are selling it.
Community leaders on Maui-Less than 10% are native Hawaiians, the rest are white people from other states. The change needs to begin within! We, Hawaiians, need to put ourselves in the positions to make these decisions!
As a native Hawaiian this is 100% contributing to the housing issues Hawaiians have been facing for a long time now and at least 2-3 generations of my family have had this issue and most of my family 85%+ live in the mainland as a result because they couldn’t afford to live back home. I am providing a home for my entire family to have a place just to visit because most of them can’t live on the islands anymore. Really sad and shouldn’t be forced to have to leave in any culture from your home.
Natives need to push your lawmakers to restrict and regulate businesses there. Prevent nonnative home buyers who rent out property. Decrease taxes on locals. Also you have to put a ceiling on how high rent or real estate can cost, or there will be a monopoly when housing supply dips. Needs come from the lawmakers or nothing will fix it.
@@palee8928 Problem is, Hawaii lawmakers are profiting hugely off of the high housing prices. They are well-paid and nearly all own multiple houses. So they have no incentive to pass laws that go against their own interests.
This is so sad to hear. I was priced out of my home town and was forced to leave my family behind to survive. I have never visited Hawaii but I’ve heard it is beautiful. As much as I’ve been curious about the world I think tourism does more harm than good often. ❤ hope your island learns to thrive again
It’s not explicitly tourism. It’s unregulated apps like Airbnb and VEBO that is turning places zoned for residential and making them essential commercial through short term rentals.
I live in a small town or somewhat small town and the rent is outrageous here too. You don't pay over $1,200 a month for a one-bedroom flat, any amount less than that you're living in a slump dump. SAD!!
The fact that the white woman has a Hawaiian husband does not change the fact that she, as a non-native resident, is benefiting from the gentrification and colonization of Hawaiian land. In fact, her marriage to a Hawaiian man could be seen as a form of assimilation and colonization itself. Throughout history, settlers have married natives and used their relationships to gain access to and control over native lands and resources. This was often done through deceitful means, such as through fraudulent contracts or unequal power dynamics in relationships. While the woman's personal relationship does not necessarily reflect this history, it is important to recognize that the larger social and political context of colonization and gentrification in Hawaii cannot be erased by an individual's personal life choices. The fact remains that displacement and inequality are still occurring in Hawaii, and as a non-native resident, the woman is benefiting from this system whether she intends to or not. Therefore, it is important for non-native residents to actively work towards understanding the historical and cultural context of gentrification and colonization in Hawaii, and to take steps towards supporting native Hawaiian people in their fight for justice and equality. This can include supporting native-led initiatives and organizations, learning about the history and culture of Hawaii, and advocating for policies that prioritize the rights and needs of native communities. As a non-native resident who is benefiting from this displacement and gentrification, the woman's statement suggests a lack of engagement and accountability. She acknowledges the problem of gentrification and displacement, but does not take any concrete steps to address it or use her privilege to help rectify the situation. By merely acknowledging the problem without actively working towards a solution, she is, in effect, supporting these oppressive structures. Furthermore, the woman's statement suggests a lack of empathy and understanding towards the indigenous community. She frames the issue as a problem with the pricing out of native Hawaiians rather than acknowledging the deeper historical and cultural roots of the problem. This can be seen as a lack of recognition of the ways in which colonial violence and oppression continue to affect native Hawaiian people today. Lastly, the woman's lack of accountability removes herself and other non-native residents from any responsibility for the gentrification and colonization in Hawaii. This absolves her of any responsibility to take action or be part of the solution in a situation where she is perpetuating the harm inflicted upon native Hawaiian people.
So true! A really similar thing is happening in Puerto Rico, it's really sad foreigners only see beautiful places as a means to take take take and never give.
Ok then compete with foreigners in everything business education smartness innovation if you’re not able to compete don’t complain shut your mouth and live in cave like homeless I am pure Hawaiin but mostly lazy people are always complain they don’t know they are developed, get job because of successful people so go compete with them
, versus ????? The locals don't 😅 come on now remember when yall last tried to be cute & the military mostly up & left & yall were even more more broke.
you’ve summarized the major issues in all popular or “became-popular” regions all over the country. I couldn’t afford my home today that I bought three years ago.
That is good to know. When I was there back in October I fell in love with Hawaii and its people. I really want to move and live there and give back by working in the growing cacao industry and sharing my culinary experience with the next generation.
I grew up on Oahu as a military brat in the 90s I learned so much of their beautiful history, Hawaii has a place in my heart always. I knew very many native Hawaiians having gone to moanalua elementary, it was eye opening and I loved being friends with a lot of them. I ran into a friend here on the east coast who said they had to leave because they couldn’t afford to live where they were born and their family had been for centuries. 😢
True that sister! I moved my kids back home to the Big Island. My kids were born on the Mainland & so I wanted to show them our ways. Sad part was, It’s hard to find a rental property on top of that NO ONE really quits their job. They stay w/that employee until they retire so, its hard to find a decent paying job. I had a full time job & had 2 part time work. EVERYTHINGS expensive!Eventually “2yrs” later we moved back to the Mainland bcuz I couldn’t afford to live in paradise. It was heartbreaking bcuz my kids started learning & loving our style.
We have the same issues here in Puerto Rico. I love that you are very involved in your husbands culture and your now adopted culture. Beautiful. Keep up the good work. People like you make a difference. :-)
This doesn't surprise me. It happens a lot in tourist based locations. I live near a tourist art colony in the Midwest that attracts millions of visitors a year. All the apartments were bought up for airbnb and the town spent millions of dollars on a music venue while locals are starving and living in trailers with tarps covering the holes and teenagers are running away living under the bridges.
We have the same problem in Wales, the government is getting involved now and trying to tax the second home owners more and more to help the local people stay in their villages
Mahalo for your ka’ana like ‘ana. RU-vid videos are short in duration and Hawaiian culture is resonating and expansive. We need to understand aloha more deeply to solve this issue. Aloha is not just a greeting. It is the foundation of a social structure that has many facets and nuances. We must learn to embrace all of Hawaiian culture, which is very much rooted in the spirit of aloha, pono, kokua, ha‘aha‘a, akahai, kuleana, lazuli a, lokahai, ‘ike, malama, and so much more. Mahalo nui for sharing.
I used to live on Kauai. I have the upmost respect for the native Hawaiians. I go back every couple years ,and have been doing so since the 90’s. It is wild to literately be watching a culture just slowly be destroyed.
I wish there was some legislation to put an end to these investment properties where the owners don’t live there, like tax them at such a high rate it becomes bad investment and forces them to sell, get the home prices down for folks looking to buy their first home. Folks buying their first home should be the priority, period.
True, but many of those Hawaiians are true Hawaiians. They have 200 ,300 year residency. California, most people their came from somewhere else inside America.
lol stop voting democrat! I swear you guys never get it. These cities have all been ran by democrats for the last 60 years and not only have things not got better but they are worse than ever before. There’s too many vote blue no matter who people.
I lived as a Kamaanina on the Big Island of Hawaii for nearly 20 years. I HAD to leave due to the high cost of living across all the islands. Where I live overseas, my family can rent a 2 bedroom house on an acre of land 300 meters from the beach for less than $400 per month. This type of rental would be IMPOSSIBLE to find anywhere in Hawaii. Aloha Nui Loa
As a local hawaiian girl, born and raised. It is hard for us locals to get by. A lot have moved or a lot are living on a beach, homeless. More house are being built everyday taking more and more land away! Hawaiian homes are not enough for us, the waiting list is crazy long.
