I am a full time Maui resident living on the North Shore and Upcountry for the past 22 years. I currently own and operate a small permitted vacation home (not a luxury estate) with a STRH permit since 2015 (in my 7th year with no community complaints). I feel very fortunate to have this opportunity to participate in our visitor industry as an owner and take pride in providing an experience for my guests that is also completely respectful to my neighbors and our community. This proposed property tax exemption for local Maui residents will help immensely by helping our overhead as a local family living, hustling and working several jobs to enjoy this amazing place that we call home. Mahalo for your consideration. Allyson Mattox STPH
Bill 62 SHORT-TERM RENTAL REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS : Aloha Council members, I strongly support this bill. I am a full-time Maui resident who owns and operates a legal vacation rental home (STRH). This business type includes many Maui resident owners. As a resident and as a Hawaiian, this business provides an opportunity for the host residents and the host culture to have ownership in our largest economic driver, our Visitor Industry. I believe this business type allows residents, like myself, an opportunity to directly benefit from our visitor industry, which aligns with and is a foundational principle of Sustainable Tourism. While there are several "hotel jobs" one can get, none of those jobs provides actual ownership in the visitor industry. I believe our resident population should have more ownership in this industry. I believe this proposed tax exemption will help in supporting resident owners by providing some needed tax relief. We are the folks who live here, who work here, we raise our kids here, our businesses infuse profits directly back into our community, our profits are not taken offshore they are spent here, and we are the voting population. Please support us by passing Bill 62. Mahalo, Colleen Medeiros
I am a full time Maui resident living on the North Shore and Upcountry for the past 22 years. I currently own and operate a small permitted vacation home (not a luxury estate) with a STRH permit since 2015 (in my 7th year with no community complaints). I feel very fortunate to have this opportunity to participate in our visitor industry as an owner and take pride in providing an experience for my guests that is also completely respectful to my neighbors and our community. This proposed property tax exemption for local Maui residents will help immensely by helping our overhead as a local family living, hustling and working several jobs to enjoy this amazing place that we call home. Mahalo for your consideration. Allyson Mattox STPH
Bill 62 SHORT-TERM RENTAL REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS : Aloha Council members, I strongly support this bill. I am a full-time Maui resident who owns and operates a legal vacation rental home (STRH). This business type includes many Maui resident owners. As a resident and as a Hawaiian, this business provides an opportunity for the host residents and the host culture to have ownership in our largest economic driver, our Visitor Industry. I believe this business type allows residents, like myself, an opportunity to directly benefit from our visitor industry, which aligns with and is a foundational principle of Sustainable Tourism. While there are several "hotel jobs" one can get, none of those jobs provides actual ownership in the visitor industry. I believe our resident population should have more ownership in this industry. I believe this proposed tax exemption will help in supporting resident owners by providing some needed tax relief. We are the folks who live here, who work here, we raise our kids here, our businesses infuse profits directly back into our community, our profits are not taken offshore they are spent here, and we are the voting population. Please support us by passing Bill 62. Mahalo, Colleen Medeiros