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represent less than 5% of the housing stock. The need for housing is far greater then 5% of <br /> homes. Look closely at the statics floated by the Kohala Coast Resort Association -they have <br /> extremely flawed data showing duplicate properties (counting the same unit that is listed on <br /> AirBNB, VRBO, and Homeaway as 3 STVR units) and even show that the majority o the <br /> units in their report are actually hotel rooms from the resorts listed as rentable - Marriott <br /> International and other chain hotels list on these P2P rental platforms too. These flawed <br /> statistics are leading to false conclusions. <br /> Finally, consider that the housing crisis existed in Hawaii well before AirBnBNRBO or even <br /> the internet. House construction started lagging demand in the 1980s. It is now a decades-long <br /> problem. The majority of Hawaii County's housing issues are due to issues like rigid state <br /> LUC zoning, lengthy and challenging development processes (rezoning, subdividing), lengthy <br /> permitting delays, the huge affordable housing department corruption scandal, and the cost of <br /> a limited supply of buildable land with water etc. Hawaii County could help affordable <br /> housing a lot more by more easily creating small residentially zoned parcels and removing <br /> barriers to new lot creation and housing development. The planning commission can be <br /> leaders of that housing change instead. <br /> With Aloha, <br /> Nathan Eggen <br /> Hawi, Kohala, Hawaii <br />