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Sent: Monday, May 5, 2025 1:41 PM
To: Council Testimony F -- -i
Subject: BILL 47 `
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Dear Ms. Kimball and Ms. Kierkiewicz, _ =-.
My wife and I are writing to you in response to proposed Bill 47.. Firstly, transient accommodations for
visitors to Hawaii offers travelers a whole different experience from that provided by the hotel
industry. We have been renting our home in Hawaii since 2005 and have had overwhelmingly
successful reviews that speak of the travelers being able to share a Hawaiian experience that allows
them to enjoy the comforts of our home, our exotic gardens, the warmth of our neighbors, and the
ability to cook local produce to meet their particular needs.
This proposed bill places more restrictions on the homeowner than already exist in terms of decisions
to rent their property or not as well as the possibility of fines for not adhering to the conditions of the
bill. We believe that many persons currently renting their properties short term in Hawaii look at this
bill as overburdensome, even to the point of removing their properties from the rental market. We
can attest to)the fact that if we were to remove our property from short term rental; we will definitely
not place the property into the long term rental market. That action would hinder us from ever visiting
the island to enjoy our Hawaiian home.
In terms of visitors coming to Hawaii, we should be encouraging tourism and not hindering it. Out of
town owners are some of the best advocates for tourism in Hawaii. The use of short term rentals also
encourages interactions with many of the local businesses, such as the grocery industry, restaurants,
gasoline stations, and specialty shops. We also use local services for repair and maintenance of our
property. i
If the purpose of the bill is to encourage more properties being offered as long term rentals, then
perhaps some of the following actions may help to direct rentals towards that market: offering tax
incentives for long term rentals, limiting the number of short term rentals that a single individual or
corporation can list on the short term market and other viable incentives to direct more homes to that
market, But to hinder short term rentals to the point of discouraging this activity will not necessarily
achieve the results that the bill seems to want to create.
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Gary Dier and Ms. Nanette Teodoro
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