Maui mayor wants Airbnb rentals given to locals hit by Lahaina fire

HONOLULU, Hawaii: Maui's mayor wants thousands of condominium owners to rent their properties long-term to Maui locals instead of tourists due to a chronic housing shortage after a deadly wildfire burned the homes of 12,000 residents last August.

At a Maui Planning Commission meeting this week, the mayor's proposal faced multiple legislative and bureaucratic hurdles. It inflamed an already-heated debate about t