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    Maui looks to cut back on Airbnbs for tourists as early as next summer

    by Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times May 03, 2024 4 minutes
    Paradise awaits with these great vacation home rentals on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

    Even before the devastating wildfire last summer, Danielle Crothers and her husband were struggling to find a home — big enough, yet still affordable — on Maui's west side for their recently blended family.

    Then the deadly fire decimated more than 2,000 homes in Lahaina, including the apartment where her new husband, Rigoberto Naranjo, lived with his 15-year-old son. She would have taken them in, Crothers said, but she just didn't have room in her small apartment, where she lives with her 9-year-old daughter.

    The newlyweds tried to remain hopeful that a space for their family of four would soon open up, especially given the influx of disaster relief and aid organizations for fire survivors. But in a hotel room and their family remains separated — even as tourists have returned to the island, many staying in short-term rentals in neighborhoods where Crothers would love to live.

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