Hawaii Governor Wants to Convert 3,000 Short-Term Rentals for Wildfire Survivors
Photo Credit: Maui's beach. Many locals don't want tourism to return right now. Source: Unsplash/Pascal Debrunner Unsplash / Pascal Debrunner
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Tax incentives, pleas, requests and even emergency orders — Hawaiian residents will have housing one way or another.
Hawaii Governor Josh Green has asked for 3,000 condos and homes operating as short-term rentals to be converted into long-term housing for those displaced by this summer's wildfire in Lahaina.
Green added in a press conference on Friday that he would use post-emergency orders if enough units weren'
