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From: David Holbrook <br /> To: LPCtestimonv <br /> Cc: "Holbrook. Dave" <br /> Subject: Discussion on STVR <br /> Date: Monday,April 1, 2024 9:05:33 AM <br /> To Whom it may concern, <br /> My partner and I own a home in East Hawaii. We have lived here for 16 years. The home is two <br /> story. We started renting the second story as a way to help us make ends meet. We switched <br /> to a minimum of 31 nights rental to comply with Hawaii County regs as we understand them. <br /> Now, you want to take away our ability to use our upstairs as a rental legally? This is very <br /> unfair. We live here full time, live in the dwelling, pay the excise and transient tax for the rental <br /> income, and our home is located in a very rural area with no neighbors. We will not make the <br /> space a full-time rental as this would not allow us the flexibility to offer the space to family and <br /> friends who would come and visit. This is our home and we should have the right to do with it <br /> as we please, without the County or State of Hawaii dictating how or who we invite to stay in <br /> our home. As we grow older, I am over 70 and my partner is approaching 70, this income will <br /> be more important to surviving our old age. Is the Planning Department and Hawaii County <br /> really going to make life more difficult for our kupuna? <br /> The people and companies who live out of state or off island and just want to make money <br /> here, while shrinking available housing are the ones who need to be regulated. Especially <br /> those who have invaded our high-density residential neighborhoods. <br /> Thank you, <br /> David Holbrook <br /> 808-640-4911 <br /> Bonnie Soares <br /> 808-895-1382 <br />