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Zoning Committee Hearing on Thursday June 18th 9AM Honolulu Hale: Committee Meeting Room Please Oppose Resolutions 15-72 and 15-86 Ikaika Anderson is proposing approximately 1375 B&B Hotel Rooms in Kailua and an unspecified number of stand-alone vacation rentals in “residential zoning”. Tourism sprawl is … Continue reading →

Lots of “love” at the Keep it Kailua booth today! We were ecstatic to see the overwhelming number of Kailua residents who support our efforts and are “outraged” over the City Council proposals to permit additional B&B hotels and vacation … Continue reading →

New State Study by DBEDT Declares Vacation Rentals Contributing to Housing Shortage! Oahu is facing a 26,000 home shortage between 2015 and 2025 and the conversion of residential homes into vacation rentals has contributed to the problem according to Department of Business, Economic Development … Continue reading →

Please Protect Kailua’s Neighborhoods! City Council proposes to legalize Vacation Rentals & B&B Hotels in Residential-Zoning Zoning Committee Hearing on Thursday April 2nd @ 9am The “illegal” vacation rental industry has swayed Zoning Committee Chair Ikaika Anderson to hear two new … Continue reading →

As we expected, Ikaika Anderson has included a new resolution 15-86 to be heard at his City Council Zoning committee meeting on Thursday April 2 that will allow vacation rentals (TVU’s) to proliferate in residential neighborhoods. Vacation rentals have no … Continue reading →

Enforcement Regulations Don’t Apply To Illegal Vacation Rentals (TVU) Council Member Ikaika Andersons’s resolution 15-72 regulations do not apply to illegal vacation rentals (TVU’s) as Anderson has implied on his official Facebook page. In fact, the words TVU or vacation … Continue reading →

A recent vote drew national attention to a rare Hawaii effort opposing tourism business. But board members only want the law enforced. MARCH 17, 2015·By CHARLES A. PRENTISS The Kailua Neighborhood Board passed a resolution on March 5 opposing any new … Continue reading →

http://www.kitv.com/news/Honolulu-City-Council-looks-to-eliminate-illegal-vacation-rentals/31771096 HONOLULU —A bill that looks to eliminate illegal short term vacation rentals from Oahu gained a preliminary approval from the Honolulu City Council Wednesday.  Residents in Lanikai have long complained about noise and safety concerns due to the rentals. … Continue reading →

A Honolulu Star Advertiser series on illegal vacation rentals by Allison Schaefers has validated Keep it Kailua’s Position that illegal lodging businesses in residential-zoning are a significant problem that are harming Hawaii’s neighbors, neighborhoods and residential communities. Below are PDF files of all the … Continue reading →