Faced with thousands of illegal short-term rentals that drew complaints from neighbors and limited housing options for residents, the Honolulu City Council decided in 2019 to target not only the ...

The city is filing liens against the properties to collect millions in outstanding fines, but enlisting lenders in enforcement could be a simpler process.

Oahu, Hawaii’s third-biggest island, will now place further restrictions on where Airbnb, Vrbo and other short-term rental properties can be located throughout Honolulu and the island.

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city is teaming up with Airbnb and Expedia, the parent company of Vrbo, to crack down on illegal vacation rentals on Oahu. A new memorandum of agreement is ...

Honolulu’s weak law makes it hard to crack down on illegal vacation rentals, but a new law is in the works. Other jurisdictions – in Hawaii and on the Mainland – have tougher laws and more success ...

New regulations for short-term vacation rentals in Hawaii County are set to take effect in December, following passage of a ...

Kauai, Maui and Hawaii counties are allowing short-term vacation rentals to operate, but Honolulu's mayor recently announced that he would extend Oahu's ban on all non-hotel/motel lodgings.

A final decision was made on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to ban short-term vacation rentals in most residential neighborhoods on Oahu.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Vacation rental site VRBO says it’s taken off the listing for a palatial home in Kailua that’s racked up more than $1.5 million in fines from the city. The city has ...