Fines for breaking the law are steep. Under Honolulu’s short-term rental ordinance (Ordinance 22-7), the City may issue a ...

Gordon Zane of the Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about vacation rentals not in compliance with the transient accommodations tax.

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Once again, the City and County of Honolulu plans to step up efforts to crack down on illegal short term vacation rentals. For years, city officials have said they were going to ...

Oct. 14—A U.S. District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction ordering the city not to enforce the provisions in a new Oahu law that pertains to increasing the minimum allowable stay for ...

The Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance represents 60 property management companies and more than 1,500 owners of legal vacation rentals. An attorney representing some 60 property management ...

HONOLULU — Newly hired inspectors are enforcing vacation rental rules in Honolulu, using complaints and online resources to investigate illegal operators. Two full-time and three part-time inspectors ...

(TNS) — Honolulu Hale's efforts to distribute upward of $225 million in pandemic-related federal funding through its Rental and Utility Relief Program have been underway for over a year—and recipients ...

HONOLULU — Honolulu officials are looking at new ways to regulate short-term vacation rentals in residential areas to address not only parking concerns but the need to create affordable, longer-term ...

HONOLULU — Honolulu is not capable of effectively enforcing a mandatory, 14-day quarantine on visitors staying in Oahu vacation rentals during the coronavirus pandemic, an official said. “We ...