It’s unfortunate because my boyfriends grandma is using part of her house as an Airbnb to make income. She’s in her 80’s and didn’t manage her money well so she doesn’t have a lot saved up. It’s a great opportunity for a lot of people, some people just abuse it.
Hawaiians need to have the same rights as native Americans and native Alaskans on a federal level and they don’t. They cannot agree on that but Until that happens they will lose their land. If ever you wanted to shine a light on an issue, explore that 🤷🏽♀️
it’s almost like they want Hawaii specifically to suffer. the only native group that hasn’t received proper reparations and given benefits on their land, the only native group that had a Queen and we all know how the US wanted to escape anything with a monarchy. it so dumb.
Incorrect, they just need to be given their island back along with their money making opportunities and the u.s. just able to visit, Hawaii doesn't belong to the u.s. they stole it! Same as native Americans deserve WAY more rights and assistance then wtf their getting from a land stolen from them and attempted to wipe out their people or "white" ify them! It's all wrong all together! Alaska doesn't belong to us either
The Kingdom of Hawaii is not part of the "United States". Also The "United States" is not the "Land" you think it is. The "States" are Corporate Fictions that are under the jurisdiction of Washington DC. The "Land" is the physical land we the people are on. We are also part of the "Land". Thus the people and the land are one.
This video hits different watching it again after the fires. It was in the back of my mind watching the news. My heart goes out to all Native Hawaiians. ❤
I remember reading that the reason for the ridiculous housing crunch in South Florida is because big corporations buy up rental apartments and then rent them out as AirBnBs and VRBOs. So there’s a tight housing market for actual “this is my home” rentals, and as such the rental prices are high.
I live in an area that has always been super affordable, and we have a lot of tourists. It was a great balance. Then AirBnB happened. In 6 months, we saw rents more than double. You can find more AirBnB's than rentals now.
U go to middle america and everything from materials and unions and wait times to get the cost of building a house so high its not worth it. Like even in mew york, concrete is like 5 times more expensive than in kentucky.
Problem is inflation. Federal reserve prints money out of thin air and prices of everything go up. Regulation can not fix this. Need a stable currency to have stable prices.
I am Hawaiian and my mom tells me this all the time. Naive Hawaiians are being pushed out of there homes cause of how expensive it is to live here. theres no more aloha and it's heartbreaking
Same in Key West which was originally peopled by what are called “Conchs”. All long ago driven out due to millionaires moving in and decimating the islands.
In Denver, you can only Airbnb (or any other short term rental app) your primary residence. Yes, you must live at that residence over 6 months a year and have a license through the city. It has helped a ton with the short term rental property buys.
Our small Colorado Town p s has been hijacked thru greedy lawless bocc Texas ca realtors we the people of Colorado can no longer afford to live here 😢!
"Out of a total population of 600,000 in the islands and 155,000 registered voters, 140,000 votes were cast, the highest turnout ever in Hawaii. The vote showed approval rates of at least 93% by voters on all major islands. Of the approximately 140,000 votes cast, fewer than 8,000 rejected the Admission Act of 1959."
@@shinyape1741 this was long after the bayonet constitution and the monarchy getting forced out of power. The commenter is correct; the u.s stole the island and there was never a voluntary choice in the beginning. Ted Ed made an excellent video on this and Queen Lili'uokalani if you want to look more into it.
@@shinyape1741who tf cares if the kingdom of Hawaii took over other kingdoms? The fact is that the US coup’d and seized the island and people really like to deny this for some reason.
❤️ thank you for using your platform to spread awareness 🙏🏽 let’s also not forget that in 1993 Bill Clinton signed an “apology letter “ to Hawaii knowingly and acknowledging that the UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY annexed Hawaii.
Aloha mai e na hoa aloha. I see a lot of comments saying that it’s like that everywhere which is true. What makes this situation a little different is as a kanaka maoli and a speaker of our native language. Hawaii is the only place we can be Hawaiian. People get priced out of everywhere say Texas, Utah and so forth but your culture expands through out the US. There is no place else my ohana and I can go to practice our native culture. Our language has recently been revitalized in the 70’s it cannot be perpetuated anywhere else. Hawaii is so attractive not because of her beauty but because of her spirit. The aloha spirit resides in the people. Without the people hawaii just becomes a Hollywood back drop. Mahalo
It’s the Hawaiian people that make Hawaii, Hawaii! My partner (Maori) and I (Fijian) want to visit Hawaii for the Hawaiians not the resorts and the houses. The culture , the land and the ocean. We feel for our brothers and Sisters in Hawaii and looking at any support we can offer from the other side of the pacific.
You're right about that because people are coming to Texas from California Oregon Utah New York everywhere expensive so they're paying a lot more for housing all the taxes are going up everything's going up so now people can't afford to live in Texas unless they're wealthy. It's starting to be that way.
I’ve never visited your beautiful island. Are there ways we can give to the locals? I’m talking any co-ops for food, chillin somewhere local for a few nights? Giving back to the land areas that are needed? That kind of thing Instead of airbnb or resorts. I’d imagine that is a key point for anyone who would like to visit to invest locally. #travel-responsibly ❤ no pressure to answer. It’s me brainstorming ❤
When I worked for H&R Block as a receptionist. I heard the saddest story from a lady. She was a native Hawaiian whose family lived on the islands for hundreds of years. Her husband passed away a year earlier. She with her young son could not afford to live in Hawaii anymore. So they moved to California where they could not afford to live either. Then she said she and her son moved to Arizona and the drastic change in climate from what they were used to caused her son to almost died and she developed health problems also. She said in a last-ditch effort she moved to Florida to try to make a life for her and her son. That shook me to my core.😢
I know for her was too late to buy a house(because of the high prices),but her parents,grandparents and great grandparents did not work or loan the money to buy a house when it was much cheaper to buy....they also did not move when it was easyer to relocate.They reap what the generations before have sowen...
I feel for her but she seems like a lucky individual with choices. The average person can’t even afford to move multiple times like that. They end up somewhere stuck or even homeless. They don’t even have the luxury to pack up and move.
This is grievous. I actually think in a way family land should be allowed to remain family land. Property taxes are a BIG part of this problem-- and inheritance…. The MAIN problem. So governments take your tax money from Amazon and leave us alone!!!
We all live together, we don't move out, and housing is kept in the family, so how the hell do they not have housing? I thought things were bad when we left. I guess it got worse.
@@jamesspalten5977 happening everywhere, not just vacation spots. To be fair, the problem isn't that there is a demand to own BnB homes, but that there is a demand to stay in BnB's. If people stopped demanding them, then buyers wouldn't exist.
Airbnb has morphed into some sort of monster. It is so far off from the initial idea of renting a room in your home for the weekend or your even your whole place while you were away on vacation.
The fact that there are people who now lease a bunch of apartments just to AirBnB them is crazy too. I watched an interview of this 19 year old who "has" 16 properties but I can't imagine the nuisance she is bringing to the apartment complexes.
Not only is the rental prices and lack of home buying a big issue, a smaller issue I have that makes 0 sense to me is cleaning up after yourself but also having a cleaning fee of $200 *on top* of an already overpriced stay. I'd rather go to a hotel
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I didn’t realize there was this problem. A few thoughtfully made signs about “This is our Home. Aloha”. Placed here and there. Most people will get it and hopefully begin to show their respect. I wish you joy and happiness now especially during this agony of rebuilding. USA 🇺🇸 Mainland is with you. 💚
No offense to some of the comments here, but the Californians moving to other states is not a fair comparison. This isn't just about higher value homes, or too expensive homes. This is an indigenous people being run out of their home. This is culture being threatened. This is tons of Kanaka being separated from each other cause they can't afford to stay on their native land. This isn't just a tourist destination. It's so much much more. Mahalo nui loa to this ohana for helping spread awareness. Aloha.
You'd think Americans wouldn't make the same mistake twice. They never cared about indigenous anything. It's a good day when they don't take it and then give you a small fraction of it and that's where you have to stay for generations. They outlawed potlaches and kidnapped children and put them in residential schools. This wasn't hundreds of years ago. This was in my older cousins times. They're in their 50s today.
It is, in part due to the state officials like Cali. Everything is overpriced and unaffordable even in rural MO. Comparatively it is much cheaper but investors are taking over everything and need to be stopped, period. Home buyers everywhere are struggling because of that nonsense. It's disgusting that people take advantage like that with no regard for anything but their bank account.
Californians ruin their home because they ruined it so bad they have to leave but they don’t learn their lesson, then they go to other places and ruin those places...
I had a really good work buddy a few years back that came to the PNW to make money for his family to send back to the islands.... one of the most heartbreaking things was seeing how homesick he was and how much he missed his home and family, but kept a brave face regardless. When he spoke of home it was one of those things you envied because you could hear and see how much it meant to him, how deep his connection to home was. It's wrong how those islands have been turned into a tourist attraction. These are real people, with families that matter.
Legislating for a Hawaiian land Trust that purchases large real estate plots purpose chosen in different areas next to cultivated agriculture, marine, animal estuary or tourist activity areas. If the government buys them from existing landowners and then sets up a long-term low interest rate mortgage with the trusts that they could repay and own after the profits of each individual land parcels native community economic ventures. You can have lots of smaller houses, a couple of dorm-apt-style buildings and then several large community buildings for childcare, gatherings, different age group activites, etc. People in the homes can rent to own, people in the dorms can pay small rents subsidized by their extra work in the community profit businesses and aging or childcare projects. Native Hawaiian's are geared towards much more involved famiky and community than most mainlanders. Native Tribes used to be much the same. And while it certainly isnt lazy as govenrment has tried to paste it as, it isnt a lifestyle that provides enough individual income to support the single family dual-income homes unfortunately popular today. I think their way is a much healthier, better way long-term. And to prove that and optimistically shift some of our perceptions about a partial return to it, we have to 'build it so they will come'.
Honey, it’s not just Hawaii, and Hawaiian people are just as special as anyone. In every state people are being priced out of real estate. Happens here in Colorado.
As a Hawaiian myself i take the conservative point of view. Hawaii needs protection, protection from non Americans. The Hawaii government agreed to be part of the United States. While one part of me feels obligated to retain the Hawaiian blood/culture/land. Another part of me knows that without the defense of the Mainland there would not be a Hawaii. The only fair assessment is could agree on is if Hawaii wants to be 100% blood they cannot live/own any Mainland.
This is a good point and I appreciate your perspective. There can never be a truly free Hawai'i. Colonial and moneyed interests will always continue doing what they have always done. Hawai'i could never defend herself, repel an invasion, or even afford to stop tourism or stop importing food. It would be a powerless tiny tropical puppet of whichever country or corporation decides it belongs to them. Compared to the other options, being the 50th state of the most powerful nation on earth is not so bad. I say this as a haole who is learning Olelo Hawai'i and is deeply interested and invested in Hawai’ian culture.
@@wiredforstereoI think that is a natural progression many go thru after moving here. I moved here in college and sovereignty movements were huge and I learned about all the shady stuff that happened, it seemed only fair and right to give them back their land. But the longer I've been here, I've realized that the wise elders here don't have all the answers either and many times are operating with a limited understanding of the world outside of Hawaii. I've now realized it is very messy and unfair but also a necessary arrangement.
@@tamie341 I want to move there and live on Kilauea and I have struggled with doing so in light of Hawai'i history and the sovereignty movement. And I support their work, and at the same time, I think they're pushing the wrong direction. If Hawai'i was simply given back to what remains of its original people, it would immediately devolve into a third world dictatorship like Haiti or many of the rest of them. People talk of returning to the monarchy, but I've read up on the monarchy and it had all the same horrible characteristics of every monarchy. Monarchies are not good. What they really need is simply more affordable housing, and regulations on land speculation and whatnot. At any rate, I want to go to live there and give to the island, to learn the language, to build a new house so that I am not displacing someone who already lives there. I will be maintaining my business and job on the mainland and not competing with someone for a job on the Island. It will be my retirement. I made all my money on the mainland, and I'll be spending it on the island. If I could do better, someone please tell me.
@@wiredforstereoNothing wrong with that idea imo. I'd recommend visiting for a month or two before fully committing tho just due to the drastic change in lifestyle it is from the mainland. You'd be surprised how many ppl move here thinking it will be permanent only to move back after a few years.
@@tamie341 I have visited several times and scouted locations, but yes, it has been recommended. Each time I visit, my plans don't exactly change, but they are refined. Like, what am I here for, what do I want to do here, what kind of people do I want to be around. And maybe it doesn't work out. Such is life. But since the first time I visited, it has been my dream and goal to live there. I suffer such horrible seasonal depression living in a place that is cold and wet all winter. Always have. I fight every year, and every year, I lose. I just want a very small place to come and get away from it during my off season, the winter. I was thinking next winter, buying some sort of vehicle I could live in and shipping it to Hawaii and spending a month or so living out of the vehicle, then put it into long term storage and come back. I'm building my business and saving up, having a purpose in a way I never have before.
Not only that, you have people who come to the islands and refuse to live with Aloha. No one cares about their neighbors or communities, and only think about themselves. No one helps auntie or uncle anymore because it’s too inconvenient or they have to go out of their way to do something for them. They forget that if you take care of the island, the island is gonna take care of you.
Aloha is something that is in you, the people that care coming to the island from the mainland are bringing with them the entitlement, bigotry, and racism with them. They can’t live Aloha because they didn’t even live that way on the mainland. They don’t take care of jack here, so they don’t go to the Islands and magically get they have to take care of her😢
If this was true then those aunties and uncles whould get help they need if they took care of island. But unfortunately inflation and other factors are making it harder to live for working class. The more we wish to live in modernized comfort the harder it gets for us all to give to others from an empty cup. If only we could come up with realistic planned approach to solve this issue hawaii and other places who are similarly having people migrate to afford living and not blame the poor people but make plans that others see clearly as a solution everyone can follow.
🫵👻👹👽The real question is, WHO ARE THE AIR BNB/BRBO OWNERS & W H Y THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS THIS? 🤑FOLLOW THE paperwork trail.. BETTER YET ASK 🫵🫵 YOURSELVES why WE THE PEOPLE who outnumber our ENTIRE GOVERNMENT let the government do what they want when WE THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LAST SAY?! Wake up people is about to get worse in alot of other ways....
As do so many previously exotic destinations that have all priced their original people out of paradise in order t9 allow in vapid, mean spirited tourists from everywhere else who simply take, take, take. 😶
As a Hawaiian, we’ve been saying this for years and no one cares and no one listens. As long as there’s a place to vacay they don’t care bc it’s not their home so they don’t have to worry or care about the housing of the locals. This is why I came to cali, bc I can’t make a single person not living with their family as an adult.
as a Hawaiian who was born there and moved when I was 2 it is sad, I am hurt by it by far, i miss it so much as I live in the PNW now and I see it deteriorating everyday
They need to regulate the Airbnbs at the local level. Also in other countries they do not offer housing to foreigners, you are only allowed to lease it for month or year increments. The same concept should apply in Hawaii.
They should only allow locals to buy homes. They have local wages. What is unfair is letting someone come from outside with much higher wages and buy properties from locals for prices they could never afford. I am sure Hawaii is living from tourism, so airbnb should be limited to locals being able to offer it to tourists.
Unfortunately, it would be seen as “unconstitutional” in the eyes of the US government and those are rules that can’t be overstepped on the local level.
@@user-rf6gq8vz5v That wouldn't work. There are a lot of rich Hawaii residents too. It's got the biggest "wealth gap" of any of the states. If all the mainlanders are forced to sell their Airbnb properties, those rich locals would be more than willing to snap them all up.
Mahalo, I am Native American and my cousin married a Hawaiian woman. We have been talking about the very same problem. Thank you for reaching out and raising awareness about this. I pray at least we can save my Hawaiian brothers and sisters from the same fate we have experienced.
I'm a millionaire that plays pro basketball in the United States, but I heard about the way y'all treat my people there,...so I will leave y'all to figure it out!
All of you are missing the point: Hawaii completely destroyed its agriculture industry in favor of tourism because of outsourcing. Pineapple and sugar industry closed down because the Hawaiian products can no longer compete with the ones from Southeast Asia. If you want lower price levels, you must be able to find a way to supplant tourism as your main industry. I fail to see anything like that happening unless the US goes full protectionism
It's just poor management of the state the reason why so many of us left isn't just because of the lack of affordable housing it's because we realized our shit homes are worth millions because some stupid mainlander will spend millions for our homes that and we accepted the Islands are dead but we can save our culture if we just move. The few that stay are upset because they can't sell their homes because they haven't been passed down properly and because they don't want to accept how bad things are.
That is good to know. When I was there back in October I fell in love with Hawaii and its people. I really want to move and live there and give back by working in the growing cacao industry and sharing my culinary experience with the next generation.
Yeah but she doesn't care about everywhere, she cares about the native Hawaiians because that's where the woke virtue points are scored. Her hyper-liberal friends and followers won't care about white people in Texas or Florida being priced out of homes by the flood of migration from Cali and NY, or all the problems caused by illegal immigration from Mexico into border states. Nope, it's those evil whites invading the beautiful brown peoples of Hawaii that get her the clout she wants.
Farmlands are being destroyed by developers building houses that start at $750,000 up are the examples starting during the wuhan scam grabbing land from fail loans and hardship sales in Georgia. My farm property taxes increase was double of last year.....jump to double without a lake, county sewage, or sidewalks or commercial property within 2 miles !!! Developers are in bed with county commissioners so nothing you can do. But do have plenty of potholes in our roads and speed traps.
My husband is native Hawaiian and we had to move to the Midwest just to afford a home. We were going broke if we stayed here and the tourist congestion is ridiculous with all the vacation homes. He misses Hawaii since generations of his family still live together and share accommodations
Whats upsetting to me is what is affordable is being bought by those who can afford more. Please understand that what seems affordable for a islander or coastal dwellers is over priced for the average person who has live in middle America. Case and point, in 1969 a house five blocks from Lake Michigan with three bedrooms sold for $35,000. In 2021 it sold for $250,000. The kitchen was remodeled before 2010 as well as a new roof, and AC was put in. A house in the middle of no where WI, fixer upper cabin type with 8 acres: sold 1999 for $60,000; today valued at $218,000! Employment in the area: almost 0, average yearly income: 30-45,000. Housing is insane no matter where you live. Regulators need to crack down and affordable housing has to be prioritized!
So that basically makes you full Hawaiian right?…cause your husband is Hawaiian? I love how you girls throw your husbands ethnicity around like it’s your own 😂😂😂😂
“Housing needs to be set aside…” by whom? The government does not own the houses, and Fair Housing laws prohibit discrimination in renting and purchasing based on race, ethnicity, and nationality. (A seller cannot pick and choose a buyer based on their race.) So, how would this work?
@@sayhello5377 it’s called hawaiian homes. The problem with the program is that they keep the land And it takes YEARS before you can get a house. I’ve heard cases where there parents died before they could get housing an they been on that list for like 10+ years.They do not make the percentage lower so more Hawaiians can get a house. You need to be 1/2 hawaiian to get a house but you also have to build the house as well. It needs to be up to code. Then if your partner is not hawaiian or 1/4th hawaiian and you die. Your partner is now homeless. Your children will get the property but if u don’t have kids your shit out of luck. The problem is the housing market is crazy. Min wage can’t even afford rent. The house next to my grandmothers house got bought for over a million dollars. I know classmates who are real estate agents who sell houses 800,000 to over 30million. Who won’t even respond back to you if your looking for a place. It’s extremely toxic and honestly terrible. The government has ALWAYS failed hawaii and Hawaiians. They been corrupt always will be. Even the people who we want to look up to to change it. Are hypocrites who’ take the money to help us change hawaii for a trip abroad.
There is, and the native homelands are like all government in Hawaii is slooooow. Also Hawaii government doesn't give the money allocated to OHA and fights any idea to better the financial situation ie allowing casinos. Native Hawaiians get jacked around consistently by government.
The rest of the US has millions of miles to buy. We have equivalent of 1 city in California to buy. That's not the same. We have nothing cheap in the outskirts of the city we have none. Only 1 million dollar studios and apartments. The price of a single-family home it’s over $1 million.
@@ihopebidendiespainfully-ix5vsthis is the first time I have read this, but it definitely has some validity to it. Rich dad, poor dad, put passive income into the main stream for sure. That book changed the minds of millions.
It's not just Hawaii, it is everywhere, locals cannot purchase a home. In 2008 mortgage collapse should've been a reset, the banks lobbied for deregulation that set the stage. The government bailed out the banks and returned all the property to them, essentially paying them twice which now has sealed the fate of so many. So sad. Now the dollar is under threat on a world wide stage. The Fed printing money at a rapid pace, and none of it staying in the country.
IMHO, Aftereffects of 2008 banksters/underworld takeover of the world...Printing up money out of thin air on computers when 90% of humanity is making a basically honest living, and then buying houses the world over
Florida is one state the developers have ruined. they build up against rivers because it land and they can. its become the escape from new england. its a toilet.
" who would have thought living on an island would be expensive" lol read a book girl, they're full us knowledge. Oh wait sorry your "konackawhogivesafuck"
Some of you also have to remember that the islands of Hawaii are not as big as the states on the mainland, you can only expand housing so far on the islands without damaging miles of vegetation and natural resources, which to us Hawaiians is out of the question, we hate when people destroy the land for their own profit and gain because we are deeply connected to our homeland as a people, it’s not just a vacay spot it’s our history and culture. Most just come to have a good time and leave.
@@Considerable_Ounce That’s due to the onslaught of colonization, overthrow and assimilating its native people to accept a westernized way of living, at that point Hawaii was basically just commercialized for the convenience of wealthy men making money, Hawaii had no choice but to move toward tourism because once discovered by foreigners, they were now catering to those who came to see the islands and thus having to provide those people with the luxuries of modern society.
I'm far removed from Hawaii, so I can only say that I hope some changes come for you soon. Islands have such precious and diverse species and ecosystems that cannot be replicated once they are gone, and tourists rarely appreciate that.
Mahalo for pointing this out. My sister lived on Maui for 10 years. She was priced out and couldn't find work. So she had to come back mainland. I wish I knew the solution but I understand and heartbroken for the natives.
@@dragons0220032002ify no true. Rich come in and snap up all the land driving the price through the roof. It's happening all over this country. I've walked on this earth for a long time and trust and believe it's the rich that's staying rich forcing the poor to live in their house's and pay rent to them. Middle class has but been wiped out by capitalism in it's ruthlessness that goes with it. Blame goes far and wide. It's a dangerous game with no real winners but those born with money. How many really rich family's are new??? You total up that number then see how long the incredible rich have really been here and stayed the same. They loss nothing when the shit hits the fan.
@@dragons0220032002ify how so? Because from what I gather it’s the people outside Hawaii that come there and buy up properties so they can have the tourist money come to them instead of the natives. And that money doesn’t get used on the islands at all but instead sent back to the mainland taking money away from Hawaii. I’m fairly certain that would make it rich assholes faults for not thinking about the economic impact their business would have on everyone else. Eventually this stupid way of business will burn them down because when the natives can’t afford to stay there they aren’t there to run the tourist attractions meaning there won’t be tourists anymore which will kill the business that started it all
Yeah unfortunately the Hawaiians and the lawmakers of the state decided the prophets to keep things like addiction treatment centers and homeless shelters and food pantries open because let's be honest if you're a native Hawaiian you are probably living in poverty this glamorize lifestyle that her and her family enjoy is an extreme police small percentage of what life is like for native Hawaiians. Hawaiians moved away from their Island because their island has no resources to help those in need. We all know that drugs and violence run ramp it on the islands that's what has caused the depletion of your state not the fact that people are buying airbnb's. What should have happened his thing should be put in place for your citizens to be able to prosper and maybe purchase some of them homes theirselves instead their rely on a shoestring government and shoestring law enforcement every part of the island don't blame this on people buying airbnb's please
I feel like this has become a huge problem in all tourist areas. I live near Tahoe, work full time as a teacher, and live in an rv, as it's the only thing I can afford.
Same here in the Flathead Valley in Montana. Rent for a 2 bedroom apartment is anywhere from $1600-$2500 yet full time workers are lucky to make $1700 a month. Enraging.
@Acidic and that's the entitled attitude that's gonna get everyone pushed out of their homes. It's not just their problem, it's gonna be everyone's problem.
A few years ago they put more regulation on short term rentals. It affected the one we were going to stay at when we visited...they ended up getting shut down and we had to find a different place to stay. Part of it was that the owner of the short term rental had to live on the property in order to be licensed, and levied fines homes sitting vacant more that a certain number of days per year.
Mahalo for spreading truth, yup an islander here that had to move mainland cause all the islands are expensive its getting out of hand been like that for many years but nowadays its increasing maybe in the future can come back to live but the way it looks right now not anytime soon for me sista, Aloha! & keep spreading the truth!
my family visited friends there and saw the insane house prices, we wondered if locals or at least native hawaiians got good discounts on them since that would be only be fair seeing it’s their homeland so it breaks my heart that this is happening :(
She literally mentioned that business couldn't keep the doors open (and also that business aren't open 7 days a week). Lilly white girls invade Hawaii, breed w locals and dilute the native bloodline. Isn't that ethnic cleansing!
I was just talking about this with one of my students. And I think this is happening everywhere. So my student mentions Eisenhower’s farewell speech and one of the things he warned about was living for today and not setting up the future generations for success. “Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. As we peer into society's future, we-you and I, and our government-must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.” Freedom is not free and it is hard work. Too many Americans want to leave their civic duties and responsibilities to others and then get upset and move when their hometown has become too (fill in the blank) I say all this to hopefully inspire not just Hawaiians but Americans everywhere to stop running away from their civic responsibilities but to stop and in the words of JFK “ask not what my country (or town or city or state) can do for me, but ask What can I do for my country (or town or city or state) We are leaving the future generations a society that is becoming less and less free all because we want to live for today.
Australia has a rule that you can visit but you cannot live there without a job or without bringing something to their economy. Hawaii would probably benefit from this rule as well
Aussies are being forced out of the cities and are unable to get on the housing ladder, because foreigners are buying up the property…mostly the Chinese. It’s time the government implemented the same laws New Zealand has and you must be resident in Australia or be a citizen to purchase a single family homes. Commercial property is its own beast but needs to be addressed in the form of a certain percentage of their employees need to be Australian citizens, but the government doesn’t want to address these issues.
that really still wouldn’t help since a majority of the people going to Hawaii are higher class and have the money to be able to buy homes and such so they would just be continuing the issue , yes they would bring more money into the economy but it wouldn’t be benefiting the locals that are being pushed out of the community
Omg! Visited Vieques (PR) as a kid and thought "one day I'll have a house in Vieques". Went to Vieques in 2022 and I could barely afford a 1 bedroom Air BNB, and they were not ran by locals... hoped 3 times and made it to Culebra... same story. 4 out of 4 was a cold statistic in my personal experience lol funny but not funny 😐
I’m one of the many that live away from my home because of this problem. My brother recently gave up and left Kona. He had moved from Oahu to the Big Island years ago hoping the squeeze wouldn’t be as bad. It’s awful everywhere in the islands. When he moved there were 16 houses on his street and he knew his neighbors. Twelve years later there were 6 houses left that weren’t renters. He did the only thing he had the power to do, he sold his house for less than he could get for it from investors and refused any offers from non-locals. A three generation family bought it. He won’t know if they eventually sell to an investor but he did his best to make sure his house was purchased by a local. The other problem is the corrupt state government that has sold Hawaii out from under the locals to foreign (China) investors. The state government is highly culpable in this problem.
People can start by not voting DEMOCRAT!!!! Try voting for Republicans because you've all been voting democrat in everything since FOREVER!!! Just try something else for a change. Until you do that I can't feel sorry for you guys.
It’s not just your government that has sold out your country Hawaii, my government has sold out my country Australia 🇦🇺 to China as well, we won’t purchase anything made in China, we’ve travelled to Hawaii many times for our vacation and the last time we went in 2019 we noticed a big difference in environment, it’s not the same as it once was and unfortunately we won’t be coming back, they’ve put so many high rise buildings down the main street of Waikiki and many businesses have closed that we used to often visit and got to know the locals, it’s very Sad that this has happened to such a Beautiful place. Aloha from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺🌺🌺🌺🏄♀️🏄♂️🏖️🏖️😎😎
It’s starts with the lawmakers. You guys need to do a NATIONAL protest. Make everyone see what is happening. Get federal to pass laws that protect your land and people
I live in a small town in California near the beach called Santa Cruz. The exact same thing is happening here. People from silicon valley have come here and raised rents, bought up all the houses, and trash the town. Good for you for speaking up!
I live in a little town in NW Montana, close to Glacier Natl Park and thankfully my husband and I bought our home right before the pandemic. People have moved here by the thousands because they can work from home and priced out so many people from an average rental. It makes me sick to see my beautiful little community being ruined by out of stater's that can afford much higher home prices 😢
@@stephanielong7997 My husband and his parents used to live near Hermosa. They all had to move out of state because housing costs are absolutely nuts.
I'm from Puerto Rico but my brother has being living for years in Hawaii. He made his life in Hawaii and is always giving back to that beautiful Island. He fights helping Native Hawaiian for their rights and teaches kids also works the land. I am so proud of everything I've learned Tru him. I miss him! ❤
The state can do something about it. They choose not to, the state enjoys the revenue higher property values provide. Natives should make every effort to vote in representatives who will take appropriate action.
Ok and then what, those same people just raise their rates to adjust for the taxes, and that means less tourism, which is hawaiis main source of income, and you're in the same exact boat with the cost of living being even higher than before
We investor keep your local shops and even your own damn business a float; happy life making $90k a year I’ll triple that every month with airbnbs while you cry about the gas prices
Hawaii could fix this if they legislated strict regulations against vacation home rentals. Having lived in a major tourist city revolving around tourism and tourism ONLY, our city quickly put massive bans and restrictions on where Airbnb's or VRBOs could be, how they could operate and etc. You couldn't just start an airbnb. You had to get individual permission for every home, and if even one single person in the neighborhood opposed it, it wasn't allowed. Hawaii needs to put their people before profits and start passing laws to help their struggling populations. Especially the Natives!
Hawaii Legislation is part of the problem. They don’t mind taking from it’s people and don’t mind giving away land to celebrities, big Corporations, etc just to make a buck. And I say this as a local who’s born and raised on Oahu. Many bills that are funneled through are put on a back burner.
@VNIMAL You're trolling, right? Did you not listen at all? The island is inundated with them already. Lmfao. When the locals can't even buy a home, to the point of leaving their homeland altogether, they have ENOUGH already. We're talking about responsible regulation, not abolition. Get with the program.
Of course you feel that way, you are not buying homes for investment. If you were, you would say that you have a right to buy a home, or several. Do you buy steak? Demand is pricing me out of it. I think you should stop buying steak so it will get cheaper and I can afford some. In fact, I think it should be illegal for you to buy more steak than I do.
@@Panncakes444 It's not just Hawaii though, its everywhere. It's just Americans talk about it in Hawaii like it isnt already a privilege to say you've lived there at any point of your life. Ofcourse theres a demand to have a holiday in a literal paradise.
So true! A really similar thing is happening in Puerto Rico, it's really sad foreigners only see beautiful places as a means to take take take and never give.
Ok then compete with foreigners in everything business education smartness innovation if you’re not able to compete don’t complain shut your mouth and live in cave like homeless I am pure Hawaiin but mostly lazy people are always complain they don’t know they are developed, get job because of successful people so go compete with them
, versus ????? The locals don't 😅 come on now remember when yall last tried to be cute & the military mostly up & left & yall were even more more broke.
You're so right. I was thinking about it a lot this past week, visiting the islands. Was in Maui, now in Kauai. Wow, there are a lot of empty building spaces in Kauai. We've got to do something for the Hawaiian people.
This is so sad to hear. I was priced out of my home town and was forced to leave my family behind to survive. I have never visited Hawaii but I’ve heard it is beautiful. As much as I’ve been curious about the world I think tourism does more harm than good often. ❤ hope your island learns to thrive again
It’s not explicitly tourism. It’s unregulated apps like Airbnb and VEBO that is turning places zoned for residential and making them essential commercial through short term rentals.
I live in a small town or somewhat small town and the rent is outrageous here too. You don't pay over $1,200 a month for a one-bedroom flat, any amount less than that you're living in a slump dump. SAD!!
Yeah sorry you and the majority of the whites and blacks in Puerto Rico are not native to the island. your people killed them off along time ago. don't claim something that isn't yours
i’m from Lisbon, Portugal and the exact same thing is happening! people come here to work their remote jobs with their american salary (which is much higher compared to ours) to live in paradise but it’s making everything a lot more expensive for everyone else. rents are crazy stupid and it’s almost borderline impossible to live in Lisbon with our salary
Thank you for bringing this awareness to us, same thing happening in rural Colorado, responsibility and an values check is much needed in our communities. 🤙🤟❤️🔥🙏
Haha yeah ban people selling and buying property lol What about all the “natives” that have made a killing by selling their property to some investor? You people are whining about rich people buying property but forgetting the part where its the locals that are selling it.
Community leaders on Maui-Less than 10% are native Hawaiians, the rest are white people from other states. The change needs to begin within! We, Hawaiians, need to put ourselves in the positions to make these decisions!
We don’t make up enough of the population to vote in who would actually help us. We make up 10% of the population & over half of the homeless population.
As a native Hawaiian this is 100% contributing to the housing issues Hawaiians have been facing for a long time now and at least 2-3 generations of my family have had this issue and most of my family 85%+ live in the mainland as a result because they couldn’t afford to live back home. I am providing a home for my entire family to have a place just to visit because most of them can’t live on the islands anymore. Really sad and shouldn’t be forced to have to leave in any culture from your home.
Natives need to push your lawmakers to restrict and regulate businesses there. Prevent nonnative home buyers who rent out property. Decrease taxes on locals. Also you have to put a ceiling on how high rent or real estate can cost, or there will be a monopoly when housing supply dips. Needs come from the lawmakers or nothing will fix it.
@@palee8928 Problem is, Hawaii lawmakers are profiting hugely off of the high housing prices. They are well-paid and nearly all own multiple houses. So they have no incentive to pass laws that go against their own interests.
I grew up on Oahu as a military brat in the 90s I learned so much of their beautiful history, Hawaii has a place in my heart always. I knew very many native Hawaiians having gone to moanalua elementary, it was eye opening and I loved being friends with a lot of them. I ran into a friend here on the east coast who said they had to leave because they couldn’t afford to live where they were born and their family had been for centuries. 😢
you’ve summarized the major issues in all popular or “became-popular” regions all over the country. I couldn’t afford my home today that I bought three years ago.
Same thing has been happening here in Montreal with rbnbs. Now we’re facing a housing crisis. Rent has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic, the landlords are greedy and there’s no structure to protect us tenants. It’s like we’re going back to medieval times you know 😂 I have to laugh cause it’s so terrible, but the real solution is a change in legislation. You’re doing the right thing speaking up 🗣️ We need to get more organized and focus back on what we can impact in our own communities
This is a problem everywhere not just in hawaii. Locals can't afford to live in new york, washington etc. This is a nationwide problem that needs fixing.
Just who is going to " fix " this? Oh, wait. I know. Government is going to fix this, just like they fixed retirement [ Social Security ], poverty [ the welfare state ], education [ America spends more per student yet gets diminishing returns ]. What could possibly go wrong?
True that sister! I moved my kids back home to the Big Island. My kids were born on the Mainland & so I wanted to show them our ways. Sad part was, It’s hard to find a rental property on top of that NO ONE really quits their job. They stay w/that employee until they retire so, its hard to find a decent paying job. I had a full time job & had 2 part time work. EVERYTHINGS expensive!Eventually “2yrs” later we moved back to the Mainland bcuz I couldn’t afford to live in paradise. It was heartbreaking bcuz my kids started learning & loving our style.
thank you for speaking up. i had to move when i was young not just because of family issues but this as well. its so sad to see our land being robbed like this
We have the same issues here in Puerto Rico. I love that you are very involved in your husbands culture and your now adopted culture. Beautiful. Keep up the good work. People like you make a difference. :-)
We have the same problem in Wales, the government is getting involved now and trying to tax the second home owners more and more to help the local people stay in their villages
I used to live on Kauai. I have the upmost respect for the native Hawaiians. I go back every couple years ,and have been doing so since the 90’s. It is wild to literately be watching a culture just slowly be destroyed.
My partner is from Hanapepe and got priced out, on one end I am happy I got to meet him here in Seattle but on the other end he was born in Hawaii and has days where he gets homesick because he can't afford to stay there. It makes me sad
Mahalo for your ka’ana like ‘ana. CZcams videos are short in duration and Hawaiian culture is resonating and expansive. We need to understand aloha more deeply to solve this issue. Aloha is not just a greeting. It is the foundation of a social structure that has many facets and nuances. We must learn to embrace all of Hawaiian culture, which is very much rooted in the spirit of aloha, pono, kokua, ha‘aha‘a, akahai, kuleana, lazuli a, lokahai, ‘ike, malama, and so much more. Mahalo nui for sharing.
As a local hawaiian girl, born and raised. It is hard for us locals to get by. A lot have moved or a lot are living on a beach, homeless. More house are being built everyday taking more and more land away! Hawaiian homes are not enough for us, the waiting list is crazy long.
Airbnb needs to honestly be regulated - or abolished. It’s a big part of the world wide rental and housing crisis.
So you want socialism? Wtf?
@@michaelaozuka5179 Yeah boiiii.
I got ripped to shreds for saying something similar on a different video.
It’s unfortunate because my boyfriends grandma is using part of her house as an Airbnb to make income. She’s in her 80’s and didn’t manage her money well so she doesn’t have a lot saved up. It’s a great opportunity for a lot of people, some people just abuse it.
@@Gonzokeywest45 socialism would always result or degenerate to communism in the real world.
Hawaiians need to have the same rights as native Americans and native Alaskans on a federal level and they don’t. They cannot agree on that but Until that happens they will lose their land. If ever you wanted to shine a light on an issue, explore that 🤷🏽♀️
Yes,yes,yes I hope they can make that happen because they that right. It breaks my heart to see native people being pushed off their land
Excellent idea.
it’s almost like they want Hawaii specifically to suffer. the only native group that hasn’t received proper reparations and given benefits on their land, the only native group that had a Queen and we all know how the US wanted to escape anything with a monarchy. it so dumb.
Incorrect, they just need to be given their island back along with their money making opportunities and the u.s. just able to visit, Hawaii doesn't belong to the u.s. they stole it! Same as native Americans deserve WAY more rights and assistance then wtf their getting from a land stolen from them and attempted to wipe out their people or "white" ify them! It's all wrong all together! Alaska doesn't belong to us either
What rights do you think Native Americans are getting?
The problem isn’t the non-locals, the problem is the Hawaiian government not protecting the locals from this problem.
The Kingdom of Hawaii is not part of the "United States". Also The "United States" is not the "Land" you think it is. The "States" are Corporate Fictions that are under the jurisdiction of Washington DC. The "Land" is the physical land we the people are on. We are also part of the "Land". Thus the people and the land are one.
It’s that also in my opinion, but it is also Airbnb and VRBO
Umm yea that's not the Hawaiian government. It's the fake state government.
When money talks what is there to say? It's technically the US and this is how they run shit
@@MarkyNomad Yes, but the natives never ASKED to be part of the US!
This video hits different watching it again after the fires. It was in the back of my mind watching the news. My heart goes out to all Native Hawaiians. ❤
The problem needs to be addressed on a federal level. AirBnB and VRBO have destroyed most housing markets across most states.
Yup what I was gonna say! Right on
And outside the US as well!
I remember reading that the reason for the ridiculous housing crunch in South Florida is because big corporations buy up rental apartments and then rent them out as AirBnBs and VRBOs. So there’s a tight housing market for actual “this is my home” rentals, and as such the rental prices are high.
Yea this isn't just a Hawaii problem.
I live in an area that has always been super affordable, and we have a lot of tourists. It was a great balance. Then AirBnB happened. In 6 months, we saw rents more than double. You can find more AirBnB's than rentals now.
Its not just Hawaii. Its happening all over. Rent and housing needs to be seriously regulated.
Thats whats causing the issue buddy. Do u know that its governments that put so much tax control and restriction to build new housing for people.
U go to middle america and everything from materials and unions and wait times to get the cost of building a house so high its not worth it. Like even in mew york, concrete is like 5 times more expensive than in kentucky.
Not as bad as Hawaii tho. And tbh I think indigenous people take president over us importe
Problem is inflation. Federal reserve prints money out of thin air and prices of everything go up. Regulation can not fix this. Need a stable currency to have stable prices.
@@izzydandrea7548 LOL why do some groups take presidence over others? Houses in my country are 30x the average salary.
I have just heard that Oprah has been buying up thousands of achres of land there . I think she should be interviewed about it !
it's zuck
Y'all don't like Mark Zuckerberg building a large doomsday shelter(evil lair) in Hawaii?
Wild
I am Hawaiian and my mom tells me this all the time. Naive Hawaiians are being pushed out of there homes cause of how expensive it is to live here. theres no more aloha and it's heartbreaking
Same in Key West which was originally peopled by what are called “Conchs”. All long ago driven out due to millionaires moving in and decimating the islands.
Gentrification at its finest.
Its your fault how it was in war post war Japanese change your way of life and money of the usa to treat soldiers also because California own Hawaii
@@alexlemus2559 what?
@@alexlemus2559 how is that in anyway native peoples fault
In Denver, you can only Airbnb (or any other short term rental app) your primary residence. Yes, you must live at that residence over 6 months a year and have a license through the city. It has helped a ton with the short term rental property buys.
WE NEED THIS EVERYWHERE!! It’s so bad here in pensacola Florida. The smallest city in Florida.
Who's out there counting the days making sure you actually live there over 6 months per year?
Our small Colorado Town p s has been hijacked thru greedy lawless bocc Texas ca realtors we the people of Colorado can no longer afford to live here 😢!
They are simply lying on their taxes...nobody actually does it.
This should be everywhere
Saddest thing is that they never chosed to be part of USA, USA just took their island
"Out of a total population of 600,000 in the islands and 155,000 registered voters, 140,000 votes were cast, the highest turnout ever in Hawaii. The vote showed approval rates of at least 93% by voters on all major islands. Of the approximately 140,000 votes cast, fewer than 8,000 rejected the Admission Act of 1959."
The ones who voted did.
@@shinyape1741 this was long after the bayonet constitution and the monarchy getting forced out of power. The commenter is correct; the u.s stole the island and there was never a voluntary choice in the beginning. Ted Ed made an excellent video on this and Queen Lili'uokalani if you want to look more into it.
@@ApplesRYum Ethnostates ruled by Monarchies are good now. Also that kingdom conquered the other independent islands.
@@shinyape1741who tf cares if the kingdom of Hawaii took over other kingdoms? The fact is that the US coup’d and seized the island and people really like to deny this for some reason.
❤️ thank you for using your platform to spread awareness 🙏🏽
let’s also not forget that in 1993 Bill Clinton signed an “apology letter “ to Hawaii knowingly and acknowledging that the UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY annexed Hawaii.
Aloha mai e na hoa aloha. I see a lot of comments saying that it’s like that everywhere which is true. What makes this situation a little different is as a kanaka maoli and a speaker of our native language. Hawaii is the only place we can be Hawaiian. People get priced out of everywhere say Texas, Utah and so forth but your culture expands through out the US. There is no place else my ohana and I can go to practice our native culture. Our language has recently been revitalized in the 70’s it cannot be perpetuated anywhere else. Hawaii is so attractive not because of her beauty but because of her spirit. The aloha spirit resides in the people. Without the people hawaii just becomes a Hollywood back drop. Mahalo
It’s the Hawaiian people that make Hawaii, Hawaii! My partner (Maori) and I (Fijian) want to visit Hawaii for the Hawaiians not the resorts and the houses. The culture , the land and the ocean. We feel for our brothers and Sisters in Hawaii and looking at any support we can offer from the other side of the pacific.
You're right about that because people are coming to Texas from California Oregon Utah New York everywhere expensive so they're paying a lot more for housing all the taxes are going up everything's going up so now people can't afford to live in Texas unless they're wealthy. It's starting to be that way.
FYI. Didn't the *Rock* superstar say that if you behave* bad the government literally kicks* you out of the islands?
It will not be Hawaii anymore if the native people are pushed out
I’ve never visited your beautiful island.
Are there ways we can give to the locals? I’m talking any co-ops for food, chillin somewhere local for a few nights? Giving back to the land areas that are needed? That kind of thing Instead of airbnb or resorts.
I’d imagine that is a key point for anyone who would like to visit to invest locally. #travel-responsibly
❤ no pressure to answer. It’s me brainstorming ❤
When I worked for H&R Block as a receptionist. I heard the saddest story from a lady. She was a native Hawaiian whose family lived on the islands for hundreds of years.
Her husband passed away a year earlier. She with her young son could not afford to live in Hawaii anymore.
So they moved to California where they could not afford to live either.
Then she said she and her son moved to Arizona and the drastic change in climate from what they were used to caused her son to almost died and she developed health problems also.
She said in a last-ditch effort she moved to Florida to try to make a life for her and her son.
That shook me to my core.😢
I know for her was too late to buy a house(because of the high prices),but her parents,grandparents and great grandparents did not work or loan the money to buy a house when it was much cheaper to buy....they also did not move when it was easyer to relocate.They reap what the generations before have sowen...
I feel for her but she seems like a lucky individual with choices. The average person can’t even afford to move multiple times like that. They end up somewhere stuck or even homeless. They don’t even have the luxury to pack up and move.
Omg 😢
Ummmmm. Almost dying from going from humid to dry? Seems fishy. Google knows nothing about this this lol.
This is grievous. I actually think in a way family land should be allowed to remain family land. Property taxes are a BIG part of this problem-- and inheritance….
The MAIN problem. So governments take your tax money from Amazon and leave us alone!!!
Locals pretty much never could get a house because they don’t make enough money. Nearly all of them work in hospitality or tourism.
We all live together, we don't move out, and housing is kept in the family, so how the hell do they not have housing?
I thought things were bad when we left. I guess it got worse.
Join the club, housing is absolutely unaffordable in any place in the US that's worth living!
This is everywhere, not just Hawaii.
Happening in every vacation spot. Happening in the Florida Keys and elsewhere!!
Exactly my thought. Of course it’s not only indigenous people being priced out, but all kinds of poor and midddle class people.
Happening in DFW, quite frankly
And Austin
Exactly
@@jamesspalten5977 happening everywhere, not just vacation spots. To be fair, the problem isn't that there is a demand to own BnB homes, but that there is a demand to stay in BnB's. If people stopped demanding them, then buyers wouldn't exist.
Airbnb has morphed into some sort of monster. It is so far off from the initial idea of renting a room in your home for the weekend or your even your whole place while you were away on vacation.
yeah it's sad because it was such a great thing in the beginning. Greed is the worst sin of all
The fact that there are people who now lease a bunch of apartments just to AirBnB them is crazy too. I watched an interview of this 19 year old who "has" 16 properties but I can't imagine the nuisance she is bringing to the apartment complexes.
Not only is the rental prices and lack of home buying a big issue, a smaller issue I have that makes 0 sense to me is cleaning up after yourself but also having a cleaning fee of $200 *on top* of an already overpriced stay. I'd rather go to a hotel
@@courtney9546 the greedy look at everything and ask how can I make money off this.
@@dtetv8499 the other condo owners and renters there are probably not happy at all with new people coming and going. It likely feels unsafe.
I love how she excludes herself from this just because her husband is Hawaiian.
Because because people would be racist towards her because of how she looks.
@@TedEhioghaeAs they should, she’s a white woman complaining about gentrification in Hawaii…. while her entire being contributes to it
@@TedEhioghaeYes and they are *still* racist, apparently.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I didn’t realize there was this problem. A few thoughtfully made signs about “This is our Home. Aloha”. Placed here and there. Most people will get it and hopefully begin to show their respect. I wish you joy and happiness now especially during this agony of rebuilding. USA 🇺🇸 Mainland is with you. 💚
No offense to some of the comments here, but the Californians moving to other states is not a fair comparison. This isn't just about higher value homes, or too expensive homes. This is an indigenous people being run out of their home. This is culture being threatened. This is tons of Kanaka being separated from each other cause they can't afford to stay on their native land. This isn't just a tourist destination. It's so much much more. Mahalo nui loa to this ohana for helping spread awareness. Aloha.
Also hawaiians are native and have their own culture Californians arent a culture
You'd think Americans wouldn't make the same mistake twice. They never cared about indigenous anything. It's a good day when they don't take it and then give you a small fraction of it and that's where you have to stay for generations. They outlawed potlaches and kidnapped children and put them in residential schools. This wasn't hundreds of years ago. This was in my older cousins times. They're in their 50s today.
It is, in part due to the state officials like Cali. Everything is overpriced and unaffordable even in rural MO. Comparatively it is much cheaper but investors are taking over everything and need to be stopped, period. Home buyers everywhere are struggling because of that nonsense. It's disgusting that people take advantage like that with no regard for anything but their bank account.
@@missourigirl8447 yes, it's investors, it's not your every day American doing this.
Californians ruin their home because they ruined it so bad they have to leave but they don’t learn their lesson, then they go to other places and ruin those places...
I had a really good work buddy a few years back that came to the PNW to make money for his family to send back to the islands.... one of the most heartbreaking things was seeing how homesick he was and how much he missed his home and family, but kept a brave face regardless. When he spoke of home it was one of those things you envied because you could hear and see how much it meant to him, how deep his connection to home was. It's wrong how those islands have been turned into a tourist attraction. These are real people, with families that matter.
It's worse for native Americans.
Would it be better if there was no tourism in Hawaii?
@@PhobziNo, balance in all things.
Legislating for a Hawaiian land Trust that purchases large real estate plots purpose chosen in different areas next to cultivated agriculture, marine, animal estuary or tourist activity areas. If the government buys them from existing landowners and then sets up a long-term low interest rate mortgage with the trusts that they could repay and own after the profits of each individual land parcels native community economic ventures.
You can have lots of smaller houses, a couple of dorm-apt-style buildings and then several large community buildings for childcare, gatherings, different age group activites, etc. People in the homes can rent to own, people in the dorms can pay small rents subsidized by their extra work in the community profit businesses and aging or childcare projects.
Native Hawaiian's are geared towards much more involved famiky and community than most mainlanders. Native Tribes used to be much the same. And while it certainly isnt lazy as govenrment has tried to paste it as, it isnt a lifestyle that provides enough individual income to support the single family dual-income homes unfortunately popular today.
I think their way is a much healthier, better way long-term. And to prove that and optimistically shift some of our perceptions about a partial return to it, we have to 'build it so they will come'.
@@Phobzi Probably. They got along fine without us, when they had their Queen.
Honey, it’s not just Hawaii, and Hawaiian people are just as special as anyone. In every state people are being priced out of real estate. Happens here in Colorado.
And in Oklahoma city. Out state businesses bought properties and highjacking prices.
As a Hawaiian myself i take the conservative point of view. Hawaii needs protection, protection from non Americans. The Hawaii government agreed to be part of the United States. While one part of me feels obligated to retain the Hawaiian blood/culture/land. Another part of me knows that without the defense of the Mainland there would not be a Hawaii. The only fair assessment is could agree on is if Hawaii wants to be 100% blood they cannot live/own any Mainland.
This is a good point and I appreciate your perspective. There can never be a truly free Hawai'i. Colonial and moneyed interests will always continue doing what they have always done. Hawai'i could never defend herself, repel an invasion, or even afford to stop tourism or stop importing food. It would be a powerless tiny tropical puppet of whichever country or corporation decides it belongs to them. Compared to the other options, being the 50th state of the most powerful nation on earth is not so bad.
I say this as a haole who is learning Olelo Hawai'i and is deeply interested and invested in Hawai’ian culture.
@@wiredforstereoI think that is a natural progression many go thru after moving here. I moved here in college and sovereignty movements were huge and I learned about all the shady stuff that happened, it seemed only fair and right to give them back their land. But the longer I've been here, I've realized that the wise elders here don't have all the answers either and many times are operating with a limited understanding of the world outside of Hawaii. I've now realized it is very messy and unfair but also a necessary arrangement.
@@tamie341 I want to move there and live on Kilauea and I have struggled with doing so in light of Hawai'i history and the sovereignty movement. And I support their work, and at the same time, I think they're pushing the wrong direction. If Hawai'i was simply given back to what remains of its original people, it would immediately devolve into a third world dictatorship like Haiti or many of the rest of them. People talk of returning to the monarchy, but I've read up on the monarchy and it had all the same horrible characteristics of every monarchy. Monarchies are not good. What they really need is simply more affordable housing, and regulations on land speculation and whatnot.
At any rate, I want to go to live there and give to the island, to learn the language, to build a new house so that I am not displacing someone who already lives there. I will be maintaining my business and job on the mainland and not competing with someone for a job on the Island. It will be my retirement. I made all my money on the mainland, and I'll be spending it on the island. If I could do better, someone please tell me.
@@wiredforstereoNothing wrong with that idea imo. I'd recommend visiting for a month or two before fully committing tho just due to the drastic change in lifestyle it is from the mainland. You'd be surprised how many ppl move here thinking it will be permanent only to move back after a few years.
@@tamie341 I have visited several times and scouted locations, but yes, it has been recommended. Each time I visit, my plans don't exactly change, but they are refined. Like, what am I here for, what do I want to do here, what kind of people do I want to be around.
And maybe it doesn't work out. Such is life. But since the first time I visited, it has been my dream and goal to live there. I suffer such horrible seasonal depression living in a place that is cold and wet all winter. Always have. I fight every year, and every year, I lose. I just want a very small place to come and get away from it during my off season, the winter.
I was thinking next winter, buying some sort of vehicle I could live in and shipping it to Hawaii and spending a month or so living out of the vehicle, then put it into long term storage and come back. I'm building my business and saving up, having a purpose in a way I never have before.
Not only that, you have people who come to the islands and refuse to live with Aloha. No one cares about their neighbors or communities, and only think about themselves. No one helps auntie or uncle anymore because it’s too inconvenient or they have to go out of their way to do something for them. They forget that if you take care of the island, the island is gonna take care of you.
Aloha is something that is in you, the people that care coming to the island from the mainland are bringing with them the entitlement, bigotry, and racism with them. They can’t live Aloha because they didn’t even live that way on the mainland. They don’t take care of jack here, so they don’t go to the Islands and magically get they have to take care of her😢
Well said. 👍👍👍👍
If this was true then those aunties and uncles whould get help they need if they took care of island. But unfortunately inflation and other factors are making it harder to live for working class. The more we wish to live in modernized comfort the harder it gets for us all to give to others from an empty cup. If only we could come up with realistic planned approach to solve this issue hawaii and other places who are similarly having people migrate to afford living and not blame the poor people but make plans that others see clearly as a solution everyone can follow.
🫵👻👹👽The real question is, WHO ARE THE AIR BNB/BRBO OWNERS & W H Y THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS THIS? 🤑FOLLOW THE paperwork trail.. BETTER YET ASK 🫵🫵 YOURSELVES why WE THE PEOPLE who outnumber our ENTIRE GOVERNMENT let the government do what they want when WE THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LAST SAY?! Wake up people is about to get worse in alot of other ways....
The solution is WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO SAY WHAT IS GONNA BE instead of letting the government TELL US WHAT IT IS!!
When you understand the history of Hawaii, this is unsurprising. It’s so sad and not enough people care to stop this. Hawaii truly needs a miracle
As do so many previously exotic destinations that have all priced their original people out of paradise in order t9 allow in vapid, mean spirited tourists from everywhere else who simply take, take, take. 😶
As a Hawaiian, we’ve been saying this for years and no one cares and no one listens. As long as there’s a place to vacay they don’t care bc it’s not their home so they don’t have to worry or care about the housing of the locals. This is why I came to cali, bc I can’t make a single person not living with their family as an adult.
that's the history of the us
I gave you the answer in the comments but youtube removed it. Sorry, best of luck.
The miracle is REGULATION
as a Hawaiian who was born there and moved when I was 2 it is sad, I am hurt by it by far, i miss it so much as I live in the PNW now and I see it deteriorating everyday
🎶 There goes Hawaii, there goes Hawaii, there goes Hawaii, and the island is gone 🎶
They need to regulate the Airbnbs at the local level. Also in other countries they do not offer housing to foreigners, you are only allowed to lease it for month or year increments. The same concept should apply in Hawaii.
They should only allow locals to buy homes. They have local wages. What is unfair is letting someone come from outside with much higher wages and buy properties from locals for prices they could never afford. I am sure Hawaii is living from tourism, so airbnb should be limited to locals being able to offer it to tourists.
And in every city and suburb. Thank you@PrimRoseD for that truth and having the courage to make it a statement on You Tube
Unfortunately, it would be seen as “unconstitutional” in the eyes of the US government and those are rules that can’t be overstepped on the local level.
The interesting thing is that vacation rentals are actually illegal in Hawaii. They’re supposed to only be regulated to certain specific areas
@@user-rf6gq8vz5v That wouldn't work. There are a lot of rich Hawaii residents too. It's got the biggest "wealth gap" of any of the states. If all the mainlanders are forced to sell their Airbnb properties, those rich locals would be more than willing to snap them all up.
Mahalo, I am Native American and my cousin married a Hawaiian woman. We have been talking about the very same problem. Thank you for reaching out and raising awareness about this. I pray at least we can save my Hawaiian brothers and sisters from the same fate we have experienced.
*chills* 💔💕💕💕
Yes!
@@stickersonafryingpan thank you! 🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️
Lol nah, that land belongs to rich white people like this woman now. The world is ending.
I'm a millionaire that plays pro basketball in the United States, but I heard about the way y'all treat my people there,...so I will leave y'all to figure it out!
All of you are missing the point: Hawaii completely destroyed its agriculture industry in favor of tourism because of outsourcing. Pineapple and sugar industry closed down because the Hawaiian products can no longer compete with the ones from Southeast Asia. If you want lower price levels, you must be able to find a way to supplant tourism as your main industry. I fail to see anything like that happening unless the US goes full protectionism
It's just poor management of the state the reason why so many of us left isn't just because of the lack of affordable housing it's because we realized our shit homes are worth millions because some stupid mainlander will spend millions for our homes that and we accepted the Islands are dead but we can save our culture if we just move.
The few that stay are upset because they can't sell their homes because they haven't been passed down properly and because they don't want to accept how bad things are.
That is good to know. When I was there back in October I fell in love with Hawaii and its people. I really want to move and live there and give back by working in the growing cacao industry and sharing my culinary experience with the next generation.
This is causing issues everywhere. We need to continue to call it out. Thank you!
Yeah but she doesn't care about everywhere, she cares about the native Hawaiians because that's where the woke virtue points are scored. Her hyper-liberal friends and followers won't care about white people in Texas or Florida being priced out of homes by the flood of migration from Cali and NY, or all the problems caused by illegal immigration from Mexico into border states. Nope, it's those evil whites invading the beautiful brown peoples of Hawaii that get her the clout she wants.
AGREE
Farmlands are being destroyed by developers building houses that start at $750,000 up are the examples starting during the wuhan scam grabbing land from fail loans and hardship sales in Georgia. My farm property taxes increase was double of last year.....jump to double without a lake, county sewage, or sidewalks or commercial property within 2 miles !!! Developers are in bed with county commissioners so nothing you can do. But do have plenty of potholes in our roads and speed traps.
*White people are causing these issues everywhere. We need to continue to call them out.
There I fixed it for ya babe 😙
My husband is native Hawaiian and we had to move to the Midwest just to afford a home. We were going broke if we stayed here and the tourist congestion is ridiculous with all the vacation homes. He misses Hawaii since generations of his family still live together and share accommodations
I'm so sorry to hear that as a Midwestener 🙁
Whats upsetting to me is what is affordable is being bought by those who can afford more. Please understand that what seems affordable for a islander or coastal dwellers is over priced for the average person who has live in middle America. Case and point, in 1969 a house five blocks from Lake Michigan with three bedrooms sold for $35,000. In 2021 it sold for $250,000. The kitchen was remodeled before 2010 as well as a new roof, and AC was put in.
A house in the middle of no where WI, fixer upper cabin type with 8 acres: sold 1999 for $60,000; today valued at $218,000! Employment in the area: almost 0, average yearly income: 30-45,000. Housing is insane no matter where you live. Regulators need to crack down and affordable housing has to be prioritized!
So that basically makes you full Hawaiian right?…cause your husband is Hawaiian? I love how you girls throw your husbands ethnicity around like it’s your own 😂😂😂😂
@@aaronaaron8604 I’m supporting not representing his culture as my own
@@shinigami4242 ok boomer
Nothing new...all over the world it's the same...sad but true.
I totally thought she said “my husband is guacamole” at first
Hawaiians need the same rights as Native Americans
That is an excellent point. Why don’t people talk about that more?
And what rights do Native Americans have? The US government is constantly trying to take our land, and many tribes don't even have land.
And I’m both. Apache and Hawaiian 🌺
Are they not Native 'Americans'?
@@Sherrilynn27 Hawaiians are Polynesians which aren’t exactly in the same group.
There needs to be laws against the Airbnb and Vrbo. This is awful. Housing needs to be set aside for Hawaiians.
“Housing needs to be set aside…” by whom? The government does not own the houses, and Fair Housing laws prohibit discrimination in renting and purchasing based on race, ethnicity, and nationality. (A seller cannot pick and choose a buyer based on their race.) So, how would this work?
Not sure. But, this is despicable.
@@sayhello5377 it’s called hawaiian homes. The problem with the program is that they keep the land And it takes YEARS before you can get a house. I’ve heard cases where there parents died before they could get housing an they been on that list for like 10+ years.They do not make the percentage lower so more Hawaiians can get a house. You need to be 1/2 hawaiian to get a house but you also have to build the house as well. It needs to be up to code. Then if your partner is not hawaiian or 1/4th hawaiian and you die. Your partner is now homeless. Your children will get the property but if u don’t have kids your shit out of luck. The problem is the housing market is crazy. Min wage can’t even afford rent. The house next to my grandmothers house got bought for over a million dollars. I know classmates who are real estate agents who sell houses 800,000 to over 30million. Who won’t even respond back to you if your looking for a place. It’s extremely toxic and honestly terrible. The government has ALWAYS failed hawaii and Hawaiians. They been corrupt always will be. Even the people who we want to look up to to change it. Are hypocrites who’ take the money to help us change hawaii for a trip abroad.
Hawaii was expensive for local long before Airbnb
There is, and the native homelands are like all government in Hawaii is slooooow. Also Hawaii government doesn't give the money allocated to OHA and fights any idea to better the financial situation ie allowing casinos. Native Hawaiians get jacked around consistently by government.
Hawaii should’ve been the first place to ban airbnb of residential homes.
This is America we don't ban things
My best friend lives in Lahaina. She has since we were in 8th grade. Next year, we hit 50. My heart is broken for the ohana
Welcome to almost the entire United States. This is a problem in the whole country.
Exactly!
Sounds like California
The rest of the US has millions of miles to buy. We have equivalent of 1 city in California to buy. That's not the same. We have nothing cheap in the outskirts of the city we have none. Only 1 million dollar studios and apartments. The price of a single-family home it’s over $1 million.
@@ihopebidendiespainfully-ix5vsthis is the first time I have read this, but it definitely has some validity to it. Rich dad, poor dad, put passive income into the main stream for sure. That book changed the minds of millions.
Fact
It's not just Hawaii, it is everywhere, locals cannot purchase a home. In 2008 mortgage collapse should've been a reset, the banks lobbied for deregulation that set the stage. The government bailed out the banks and returned all the property to them, essentially paying them twice which now has sealed the fate of so many. So sad. Now the dollar is under threat on a world wide stage. The Fed printing money at a rapid pace, and none of it staying in the country.
IMHO, Aftereffects of 2008 banksters/underworld takeover of the world...Printing up money out of thin air on computers when 90% of humanity is making a basically honest living, and then buying houses the world over
Yesss
Florida is one state the developers have ruined. they build up against rivers because it land and they can. its become the escape from new england. its a toilet.
" who would have thought living on an island would be expensive" lol read a book girl, they're full us knowledge. Oh wait sorry your "konackawhogivesafuck"
Bc the tribe that owns the banks also owns the politicians 👃
The prices here are crazy a regular 3 bedroom 2 bath house is 1.2 mil 💀 and it’s getting overcrowded with all the big building getting built
Has "my husband is an army officer, so am I" vibes
Lmao I did not want to be the one to say it
Some of you also have to remember that the islands of Hawaii are not as big as the states on the mainland, you can only expand housing so far on the islands without damaging miles of vegetation and natural resources, which to us Hawaiians is out of the question, we hate when people destroy the land for their own profit and gain because we are deeply connected to our homeland as a people, it’s not just a vacay spot it’s our history and culture. Most just come to have a good time and leave.
That’s exactly what drives the price up. Big demand for little inventory means the price will keep climbing.
The catch 22 is that the hawaiian economy is heavily dependant on tourism
@@Considerable_Ounce That’s due to the onslaught of colonization, overthrow and assimilating its native people to accept a westernized way of living, at that point Hawaii was basically just commercialized for the convenience of wealthy men making money, Hawaii had no choice but to move toward tourism because once discovered by foreigners, they were now catering to those who came to see the islands and thus having to provide those people with the luxuries of modern society.
I'm far removed from Hawaii, so I can only say that I hope some changes come for you soon. Islands have such precious and diverse species and ecosystems that cannot be replicated once they are gone, and tourists rarely appreciate that.
THIS is how Louisiana 'Cajuns' feel too.
Did you marry to get a slice of paradise? ;)
Air bnb is a problem all over sadly.....
Mahalo for pointing this out. My sister lived on Maui for 10 years. She was priced out and couldn't find work. So she had to come back mainland. I wish I knew the solution but I understand and heartbroken for the natives.
Nobody to blame but Hawaiians themselves
@@dragons0220032002ify no true. Rich come in and snap up all the land driving the price through the roof. It's happening all over this country. I've walked on this earth for a long time and trust and believe it's the rich that's staying rich forcing the poor to live in their house's and pay rent to them. Middle class has but been wiped out by capitalism in it's ruthlessness that goes with it. Blame goes far and wide. It's a dangerous game with no real winners but those born with money. How many really rich family's are new??? You total up that number then see how long the incredible rich have really been here and stayed the same. They loss nothing when the shit hits the fan.
@@dragons0220032002ify how so? Because from what I gather it’s the people outside Hawaii that come there and buy up properties so they can have the tourist money come to them instead of the natives. And that money doesn’t get used on the islands at all but instead sent back to the mainland taking money away from Hawaii. I’m fairly certain that would make it rich assholes faults for not thinking about the economic impact their business would have on everyone else. Eventually this stupid way of business will burn them down because when the natives can’t afford to stay there they aren’t there to run the tourist attractions meaning there won’t be tourists anymore which will kill the business that started it all
@@dragons0220032002ify how is it the Hawaiians fault?
Yeah unfortunately the Hawaiians and the lawmakers of the state decided the prophets to keep things like addiction treatment centers and homeless shelters and food pantries open because let's be honest if you're a native Hawaiian you are probably living in poverty this glamorize lifestyle that her and her family enjoy is an extreme police small percentage of what life is like for native Hawaiians. Hawaiians moved away from their Island because their island has no resources to help those in need. We all know that drugs and violence run ramp it on the islands that's what has caused the depletion of your state not the fact that people are buying airbnb's. What should have happened his thing should be put in place for your citizens to be able to prosper and maybe purchase some of them homes theirselves instead their rely on a shoestring government and shoestring law enforcement every part of the island don't blame this on people buying airbnb's please
I feel like this has become a huge problem in all tourist areas. I live near Tahoe, work full time as a teacher, and live in an rv, as it's the only thing I can afford.
This isnt anyones problem but yours. We can move. People with extra income would like to make more. They arent to blame
Same here in the Flathead Valley in Montana. Rent for a 2 bedroom apartment is anywhere from $1600-$2500 yet full time workers are lucky to make $1700 a month. Enraging.
Kudos to you for being a teacher. I wouldn’t be able to do it.
It's a big problem in more than just tourist areas. In Massachusetts housing costs are so expensive now the average person is only able to rent.
@Acidic and that's the entitled attitude that's gonna get everyone pushed out of their homes. It's not just their problem, it's gonna be everyone's problem.
A few years ago they put more regulation on short term rentals. It affected the one we were going to stay at when we visited...they ended up getting shut down and we had to find a different place to stay. Part of it was that the owner of the short term rental had to live on the property in order to be licensed, and levied fines homes sitting vacant more that a certain number of days per year.
Mahalo for spreading truth, yup an islander here that had to move mainland cause all the islands are expensive its getting out of hand been like that for many years but nowadays its increasing maybe in the future can come back to live but the way it looks right now not anytime soon for me sista, Aloha! & keep spreading the truth!
my family visited friends there and saw the insane house prices, we wondered if locals or at least native hawaiians got good discounts on them since that would be only be fair seeing it’s their homeland so it breaks my heart that this is happening :(
It's been happening across the country recently. Houses around me doubled in price in the last few years.
Non-natives can't buy a home on Oahu
@@rrteppo yes ik but 800,000 for a very small home not in the city or on beachfront property is ridiculous
@@kamieck4451 we are at 300,000 for houses two bedroom 900 square foot houses. Which is the size of an apartment.
@@kamieck4451 so not as bad as Hawaii, but not good.
Many prayers for Hawaii 🌺 and our World against these businesses! 🙏🌎🙏
She literally mentioned that business couldn't keep the doors open (and also that business aren't open 7 days a week). Lilly white girls invade Hawaii, breed w locals and dilute the native bloodline. Isn't that ethnic cleansing!
I was just talking about this with one of my students. And I think this is happening everywhere. So my student mentions Eisenhower’s farewell speech and one of the things he warned about was living for today and not setting up the future generations for success.
“Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. As we peer into society's future, we-you and I, and our government-must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.”
Freedom is not free and it is hard work. Too many Americans want to leave their civic duties and responsibilities to others and then get upset and move when their hometown has become too (fill in the blank)
I say all this to hopefully inspire not just Hawaiians but Americans everywhere to stop running away from their civic responsibilities but to stop and in the words of JFK “ask not what my country (or town or city or state) can do for me, but ask What can I do for my country (or town or city or state)
We are leaving the future generations a society that is becoming less and less free all because we want to live for today.
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Australia has a rule that you can visit but you cannot live there without a job or without bringing something to their economy.
Hawaii would probably benefit from this rule as well
Aussies are being forced out of the cities and are unable to get on the housing ladder, because foreigners are buying up the property…mostly the Chinese. It’s time the government implemented the same laws New Zealand has and you must be resident in Australia or be a citizen to purchase a single family homes. Commercial property is its own beast but needs to be addressed in the form of a certain percentage of their employees need to be Australian citizens, but the government doesn’t want to address these issues.
I think this should apply to the entire country. I think they’re called visas.
Who tf wants to go to Australia thou
that really still wouldn’t help since a majority of the people going to Hawaii are higher class and have the money to be able to buy homes and such so they would just be continuing the issue , yes they would bring more money into the economy but it wouldn’t be benefiting the locals that are being pushed out of the community
So there are no state or hospitality taxes collected on the VRBO and AirBandB rentals?
This is also happening in Puerto Rico 😢 We need to spread the word and makes us be heard
Omg! Visited Vieques (PR) as a kid and thought "one day I'll have a house in Vieques". Went to Vieques in 2022 and I could barely afford a 1 bedroom Air BNB, and they were not ran by locals... hoped 3 times and made it to Culebra... same story. 4 out of 4 was a cold statistic in my personal experience lol funny but not funny 😐
Puerto Rico is not a State. Big difference. America needs to cut loose all of the territorial lands. It's colonialism.
Your husband is guacamole?
So sad 😢
The hypocrisy is staring at me....
What??
Exactly 👍🏽
That’s everywhere America 🇺🇸 Appreciate You
I’m one of the many that live away from my home because of this problem. My brother recently gave up and left Kona. He had moved from Oahu to the Big Island years ago hoping the squeeze wouldn’t be as bad. It’s awful everywhere in the islands. When he moved there were 16 houses on his street and he knew his neighbors. Twelve years later there were 6 houses left that weren’t renters. He did the only thing he had the power to do, he sold his house for less than he could get for it from investors and refused any offers from non-locals. A three generation family bought it. He won’t know if they eventually sell to an investor but he did his best to make sure his house was purchased by a local.
The other problem is the corrupt state government that has sold Hawaii out from under the locals to foreign (China) investors. The state government is highly culpable in this problem.
People can start by not voting DEMOCRAT!!!! Try voting for Republicans because you've all been voting democrat in everything since FOREVER!!!
Just try something else for a change. Until you do that I can't feel sorry for you guys.
It’s not just your government that has sold out your country Hawaii, my government has sold out my country Australia 🇦🇺 to China as well, we won’t purchase anything made in China, we’ve travelled to Hawaii many times for our vacation and the last time we went in 2019 we noticed a big difference in environment, it’s not the same as it once was and unfortunately we won’t be coming back, they’ve put so many high rise buildings down the main street of Waikiki and many businesses have closed that we used to often visit and got to know the locals, it’s very Sad that this has happened to such a Beautiful place. Aloha from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺🌺🌺🌺🏄♀️🏄♂️🏖️🏖️😎😎
Yep it's happening in the continental US as well and Canada with the Chinese investors. Canada actually did something about it recently unlike the US
@TheBody what did Canada do??? I live in Montreal and I haven't heard of anything being done
It’s starts with the lawmakers. You guys need to do a NATIONAL protest. Make everyone see what is happening. Get federal to pass laws that protect your land and people
I live in a small town in California near the beach called Santa Cruz. The exact same thing is happening here. People from silicon valley have come here and raised rents, bought up all the houses, and trash the town. Good for you for speaking up!
I live in a little town in NW Montana, close to Glacier Natl Park and thankfully my husband and I bought our home right before the pandemic. People have moved here by the thousands because they can work from home and priced out so many people from an average rental. It makes me sick to see my beautiful little community being ruined by out of stater's that can afford much higher home prices 😢
From SLV, so speaking the truth.
Same here in the South Bay. From Hermosa Beach and the transplants have made the housing costs absolutely impossible.
Same story in our small tourist town near Austin.
@@stephanielong7997 My husband and his parents used to live near Hermosa. They all had to move out of state because housing costs are absolutely nuts.
Exactly the same thing happening on Stewart island. Locals are hard up trying to find a rental because everything is Airbnb
The problem with the world not just Hawaii
I'm from Puerto Rico but my brother has being living for years in Hawaii. He made his life in Hawaii and is always giving back to that beautiful Island. He fights helping Native Hawaiian for their rights and teaches kids also works the land. I am so proud of everything I've learned Tru him. I miss him! ❤
Do you feel like this is something that similarly happening in Puerto Rico?
That’s beautiful ❤
@@Thelady30Yes it's happening there to
I saw it in P.R. too. I love your Island.
@@Thelady30 indeed..check Real estate prices in Rincon PR... you'll see.
So true. Hawaii should impose higher taxes if the homes are not your primary residence. And more incentives for locals.
Honestly it wouldn’t matter because many are very wealthy. I grew up in Hawaii
The state can do something about it. They choose not to, the state enjoys the revenue higher property values provide. Natives should make every effort to vote in representatives who will take appropriate action.
Ok and then what, those same people just raise their rates to adjust for the taxes, and that means less tourism, which is hawaiis main source of income, and you're in the same exact boat with the cost of living being even higher than before
We investor keep your local shops and even your own damn business a float; happy life making $90k a year I’ll triple that every month with airbnbs while you cry about the gas prices
Absolutely
This is happening in all of the “rural states” too. Like Montana, Idaho etc…
This was the compaints way before Airbnb existed
Hawaii could fix this if they legislated strict regulations against vacation home rentals. Having lived in a major tourist city revolving around tourism and tourism ONLY, our city quickly put massive bans and restrictions on where Airbnb's or VRBOs could be, how they could operate and etc. You couldn't just start an airbnb. You had to get individual permission for every home, and if even one single person in the neighborhood opposed it, it wasn't allowed. Hawaii needs to put their people before profits and start passing laws to help their struggling populations. Especially the Natives!
This sounds like it would be a great solution!
I agree!
Even my smaller town in Oregon is being destroyed by Air BnB and local healthcare workers can’t find housing so we have a major shortage.
Hawaii Legislation is part of the problem. They don’t mind taking from it’s people and don’t mind giving away land to celebrities, big Corporations, etc just to make a buck. And I say this as a local who’s born and raised on Oahu. Many bills that are funneled through are put on a back burner.
Ah yes, less rentals for an island that survives on tourism, good idea
@VNIMAL You're trolling, right? Did you not listen at all? The island is inundated with them already. Lmfao. When the locals can't even buy a home, to the point of leaving their homeland altogether, they have ENOUGH already. We're talking about responsible regulation, not abolition. Get with the program.
I think AirBnB may be one of the worst things to happen to most communities. And those buying multiple homes everywhere.
Of course you feel that way, you are not buying homes for investment. If you were, you would say that you have a right to buy a home, or several. Do you buy steak? Demand is pricing me out of it. I think you should stop buying steak so it will get cheaper and I can afford some. In fact, I think it should be illegal for you to buy more steak than I do.
@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124 Thank you!!!
@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124yes
@@Panncakes444so according to you, laws of supply demand should only apply when you can afford it which is pretty much his point😂
@@Panncakes444 It's not just Hawaii though, its everywhere. It's just Americans talk about it in Hawaii like it isnt already a privilege to say you've lived there at any point of your life. Ofcourse theres a demand to have a holiday in a literal paradise.
This happens in every vacation destination not just Hawaii
It's a problem everywhere. A good start is to have a law against commercial investment in single family homes.
Proud of you… You're a good wife. And you're helping the community Mahalo
So true! A really similar thing is happening in Puerto Rico, it's really sad foreigners only see beautiful places as a means to take take take and never give.
Ok then compete with foreigners in everything business education smartness innovation if you’re not able to compete don’t complain shut your mouth and live in cave like homeless I am pure Hawaiin but mostly lazy people are always complain they don’t know they are developed, get job because of successful people so go compete with them
Like America right ?
, versus ????? The locals don't 😅 come on now remember when yall last tried to be cute & the military mostly up & left & yall were even more more broke.
You're so right. I was thinking about it a lot this past week, visiting the islands. Was in Maui, now in Kauai. Wow, there are a lot of empty building spaces in Kauai. We've got to do something for the Hawaiian people.
As a Polynesian who lives in Hawaii, this woman is speaking facts! Im glad someone pointed it out, Mahalo for that!
This is so sad to hear. I was priced out of my home town and was forced to leave my family behind to survive. I have never visited Hawaii but I’ve heard it is beautiful. As much as I’ve been curious about the world I think tourism does more harm than good often. ❤ hope your island learns to thrive again
I'm thinking of moving to a small town rents so expensive where I live and I've lived here for like 7 years (not Hawaii) but a summer tourist city
It’s not explicitly tourism. It’s unregulated apps like Airbnb and VEBO that is turning places zoned for residential and making them essential commercial through short term rentals.
I live in a small town or somewhat small town and the rent is outrageous here too. You don't pay over $1,200 a month for a one-bedroom flat, any amount less than that you're living in a slump dump. SAD!!
I am puertorrican and we are experiencing the same crisis. These people are stealing our lands!
I don't live in PR. Is there anything that others can do to help?
Again
In Canary Islands 🇮🇨 is the same
Yeah sorry you and the majority of the whites and blacks in Puerto Rico are not native to the island. your people killed them off along time ago. don't claim something that isn't yours
i’m from Lisbon, Portugal and the exact same thing is happening! people come here to work their remote jobs with their american salary (which is much higher compared to ours) to live in paradise but it’s making everything a lot more expensive for everyone else. rents are crazy stupid and it’s almost borderline impossible to live in Lisbon with our salary
They’re doing it everywhere!
Thank you for bringing this awareness to us, same thing happening in rural Colorado, responsibility and an values check is much needed in our communities. 🤙🤟❤️🔥🙏
Your local politicians need to address this. The million dollar homes need to be stopped, banned by law.
Haha yeah ban people selling and buying property lol
What about all the “natives” that have made a killing by selling their property to some investor? You people are whining about rich people buying property but forgetting the part where its the locals that are selling it.
What did the home do to deserve to be banned?
Community leaders on Maui-Less than 10% are native Hawaiians, the rest are white people from other states. The change needs to begin within! We, Hawaiians, need to put ourselves in the positions to make these decisions!
Who do you think owns the million dollar homes lol
We don’t make up enough of the population to vote in who would actually help us. We make up 10% of the population & over half of the homeless population.
As a native Hawaiian this is 100% contributing to the housing issues Hawaiians have been facing for a long time now and at least 2-3 generations of my family have had this issue and most of my family 85%+ live in the mainland as a result because they couldn’t afford to live back home. I am providing a home for my entire family to have a place just to visit because most of them can’t live on the islands anymore. Really sad and shouldn’t be forced to have to leave in any culture from your home.
This is so loving. To share the home so relatives can come back.
We have done something like that in my family.
Natives need to push your lawmakers to restrict and regulate businesses there. Prevent nonnative home buyers who rent out property. Decrease taxes on locals. Also you have to put a ceiling on how high rent or real estate can cost, or there will be a monopoly when housing supply dips. Needs come from the lawmakers or nothing will fix it.
@@palee8928 Problem is, Hawaii lawmakers are profiting hugely off of the high housing prices. They are well-paid and nearly all own multiple houses. So they have no incentive to pass laws that go against their own interests.
Appreciate you sharing this💗 Sadly it's happening all over the place. Greedy Ppl don't Fing care.
We just stopped using air bnb and started to rent them out privately. There’s always a loopholes
I grew up on Oahu as a military brat in the 90s I learned so much of their beautiful history, Hawaii has a place in my heart always. I knew very many native Hawaiians having gone to moanalua elementary, it was eye opening and I loved being friends with a lot of them. I ran into a friend here on the east coast who said they had to leave because they couldn’t afford to live where they were born and their family had been for centuries. 😢
you’ve summarized the major issues in all popular or “became-popular” regions all over the country. I couldn’t afford my home today that I bought three years ago.
Same thing has been happening here in Montreal with rbnbs. Now we’re facing a housing crisis. Rent has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic, the landlords are greedy and there’s no structure to protect us tenants. It’s like we’re going back to medieval times you know 😂 I have to laugh cause it’s so terrible, but the real solution is a change in legislation. You’re doing the right thing speaking up 🗣️ We need to get more organized and focus back on what we can impact in our own communities
It’s the same everywhere, well almost everywhere.
This is a problem everywhere not just in hawaii. Locals can't afford to live in new york, washington etc. This is a nationwide problem that needs fixing.
Yeah Hawaiians just get more attention because anything bad that happens to them is “racist”
You mean the average person can’t live in the most expensive cities?! Stop the press!
@@jonathanandrew2909 In not just the cities, it's the surrounding areas of those cities too. Even semi rural areas on the outskirts of the suburbs.
@@jonathanandrew2909not just cities, it’s nationwide
Just who is going to " fix " this? Oh, wait. I know. Government is going to fix this, just like they fixed retirement [ Social Security ], poverty [ the welfare state ], education [ America spends more per student yet gets diminishing returns ]. What could possibly go wrong?
True that sister! I moved my kids back home to the Big Island. My kids were born on the Mainland & so I wanted to show them our ways. Sad part was, It’s hard to find a rental property on top of that NO ONE really quits their job. They stay w/that employee until they retire so, its hard to find a decent paying job. I had a full time job & had 2 part time work. EVERYTHINGS expensive!Eventually “2yrs” later we moved back to the Mainland bcuz I couldn’t afford to live in paradise. It was heartbreaking bcuz my kids started learning & loving our style.
Yeah and certain peoples have 2-3 jobs kinda greedy
“Now that it’s affecting me its a problem.”
thank you for speaking up. i had to move when i was young not just because of family issues but this as well. its so sad to see our land being robbed like this
We have the same issues here in Puerto Rico. I love that you are very involved in your husbands culture and your now adopted culture. Beautiful. Keep up the good work. People like you make a difference. :-)
Same on Ambergris Caye Belize
That’s cuz this is a problem every in the US and US territories. A symptom of capitalism
Same thing happens in Dominican Republic. :/
All over the world basically
We have the same problem in Wales, the government is getting involved now and trying to tax the second home owners more and more to help the local people stay in their villages
I used to live on Kauai. I have the upmost respect for the native Hawaiians. I go back every couple years ,and have been doing so since the 90’s. It is wild to literately be watching a culture just slowly be destroyed.
Stop going. They don’t want you there, that’s the truth
You played a role in this “destroying of culture” then gentrifier
@@Kevin-vf6px At least this woman has some respect and understanding but you’re going at her. Makes no sense.
Welcome to every Century since the beginning
It’s utmost
Happened in Montana and Idaho also. It’s awful and I no longer live in Montana.
My partner is from Hanapepe and got priced out, on one end I am happy I got to meet him here in Seattle but on the other end he was born in Hawaii and has days where he gets homesick because he can't afford to stay there.
It makes me sad
Mahalo for your ka’ana like ‘ana. CZcams videos are short in duration and Hawaiian culture is resonating and expansive. We need to understand aloha more deeply to solve this issue. Aloha is not just a greeting. It is the foundation of a social structure that has many facets and nuances. We must learn to embrace all of Hawaiian culture, which is very much rooted in the spirit of aloha, pono, kokua, ha‘aha‘a, akahai, kuleana, lazuli a, lokahai, ‘ike, malama, and so much more. Mahalo nui for sharing.
Maika'i. Well said.
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As a local hawaiian girl, born and raised. It is hard for us locals to get by. A lot have moved or a lot are living on a beach, homeless. More house are being built everyday taking more and more land away! Hawaiian homes are not enough for us, the waiting list is crazy long.
This is also happening in Bali, Indonesia.
Puerto Rico is next on their agenda