Vacation rentals

In a story dated December 30, 2007 in the New York Times Travel section, “Not in My Tropical Backyard,” Christoper Pala ties together several seemingly-unrelated threads: the Hawaii Superferry, development on Molokai, the Hokulia project on the Big Island, and expanded resort development on Oahu’s North Shore.  The only issue that…

The US District Court for the District of Hawaii dismissed most of the counts of the Maui Vacation Rental Association’s complaint against the County of Maui.  The court held that MVRA had the right to bring suit on behalf of its members, but dismissed — without leave to amend — the substantive and procedural due…

Here are the latest filings in the federal lawsuit by the Maui Vacation Rental Association against the County of Maui.  The court asked for further briefing on the due process claim.   The plaintiff’s supplemental brief is here, and the County’s supplemental brief is here.

Previous posts on the case, including prior briefs and…

Check out this story from the Big Island’s West Hawaii Today (free registration may be required), “Other counties’ vacation rental laws could prove Big Island boon,” which starts off with this theorem: “[t]he Big Island could soon experience a windfall ofvisitor dollars that would have otherwise flowed into Maui, Kauai andHonolulu.” …

The Maui News reports that the County of Maui has filed a “response” (motion to dismiss) to the federal complaint brought by the Maui Vacation Rental Association against the County.  I posted about the case here.  The complaint summarizes the claims:

This is an action for injunctive and declaratory relief againstdefendants, and each of…