The problem with Hawaii

[@alexajayneshesaid4736]

Airbnb needs to honestly be regulated - or abolished. It’s a big part of the world wide rental and housing crisis.

[@michaelaozuka5179]

So you want socialism? Wtf?

[@alexajayneshesaid4736]

@@michaelaozuka5179 Yeah boiiii.

[@SteviiLove]

I got ripped to shreds for saying something similar on a different video.

[@randomchick1398]

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.

[@PrettyMoneyLife]

​@@Gonzokeywest45 socialism would always result or degenerate to communism in the real world.

[@sondrapai7856]

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 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Im-From-the-stars]

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

[@2late4date]

Excellent idea.

[@dreamkitty]

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.

[@Britty1990]

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

[@FortheluvofGod]

What rights do you think Native Americans are getting?

[@sowo576]

The problem needs to be addressed on a federal level. AirBnB and VRBO have destroyed most housing markets across most states.

[@angelaeide663]

Yup what I was gonna say! Right on

[@tam3362]

And outside the US as well!

[@GrumpyOldFart2]

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.

[@jlhumor1565]

Yea this isn't just a Hawaii problem.

[@wifeofsauron1658]

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.

[@JoshMaxPower]

Welcome to New York City. Los Angeles. Seattle. Denver. San Franciso. Miami. Dallas. Welcome to America, 2024.

[@zamar2158]

Vancouver, Toronto, London, Paris, nice , mexico ,,,,, it's a problem worldwide.

[@lukeleonard3382]

Exactly! Why do they think they have a right to be anywhere? We all are going through this and it’s completely not a race thing like a ton of them make it.

[@DeathHelper420]

​@@zamar2158nah nah nah . You guys dont know how it we HAWAIIANS really feel. Native americans get stuff. We getting kicked out by policy around 100 years ago. Stop it youngin

[@DeathHelper420]

​@@lukeleonard3382nah stop it braddah

[@DeathHelper420]

You need 50% hawaiian to live on land or APPLY for something WE OWN BY BLOOD . You guys are not NATIVE

[@sherylF5610]

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.

[@courtney9546]

yeah it's sad because it was such a great thing in the beginning. Greed is the worst sin of all

[@dtetv8499]

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.

[@samifarrell]

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

[@sherylF5610]

@@courtney9546 the greedy look at everything and ask how can I make money off this.

[@sherylF5610]

@@dtetv8499 the other condo owners and renters there are probably not happy at all with new people coming and going. It likely feels unsafe.

[@domdada8759]

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

[@lilanthgrl]

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.

[@rosestar8293]

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.

[@rosalbadelriogarcia9598]

FYI. Didn't the *Rock* superstar say that if you behave* bad the government literally kicks* you out of the islands?

[@rosestar8293]

It will not be Hawaii anymore if the native people are pushed out

[@karizmaticdesign]

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 ❤

[@xgenisejigglygirlx]

Its not just Hawaii. Its happening all over. Rent and housing needs to be seriously regulated.

[@nazarkinash8580]

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.

[@nazarkinash8580]

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.

[@izzydandrea7548]

Not as bad as Hawaii tho. And tbh I think indigenous people take president over us importe

[@JohnAdamso]

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.

[@india1846]

​@@izzydandrea7548 LOL why do some groups take presidence over others? Houses in my country are 30x the average salary.

[@tysonb3568]

In Berlin they changed the laws, that U cant but housing to flip it…its unfortunate from an investment standpoint, but great for the general population. Housing should be for living….not flipping a profit

[@parisz]

Ja genau so

[@noahderstand]

Yes real estate sales people are taught ethics but not economics. They only know how to screw us all ethically. They need to know the consequences of unbridled profit taking where homes for people and security in the economy are concerned. They should have a college degree in it.

[@Kennedy-_-489]

But that’s how people live now that you can’t just take it away. You have to do what the communities doing and now that’s the thing so people have to learn with it.

[@mariajones8304]

The U.S. Constitution protects the free flow of commerce between states. Restricting property ownership by residents of other states could be seen as a violation of the Interstate Commerce Clause, which prohibits states from discriminating against citizens of other states in economic matters.

[@person35790]

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.

[@tunabean2109]

WE NEED THIS EVERYWHERE!! It’s so bad here in pensacola Florida. The smallest city in Florida.

[@elliebellie7816]

Who's out there counting the days making sure you actually live there over 6 months per year?

[@TrixieKaren]

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 😢!

[@lrose1046]

They are simply lying on their taxes...nobody actually does it.

[@uniquenewyork3325]

This should be everywhere

[@cheyne_2744]

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

[@miarand57]

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.

[@kieraabraham8129]

Gentrification at its finest.

[@alexlemus2559]

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

[@Vernors]

@@alexlemus2559 what?

[@chillmyman9630]

@@alexlemus2559 how is that in anyway native peoples fault

[@dollypardon144]

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.

[@beautifullybroken4879]

It's worse for native Americans.

[@Phobzi]

Would it be better if there was no tourism in Hawaii?

[@maebandy]

​@@PhobziNo, balance in all things.

[@maebandy]

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'.

[@yoyomi]

​@@Phobzi Probably. They got along fine without us, when they had their Queen.

[@CrystalBonnett]

I have always wanted to move to Hawaii, but I’m not planning on doing this at all; I find it beautiful and I respect how many people appreciate the island. I hate it when people just take places for granted because they are pretty. I live in Virginia currently and seeing people destroying our forests, buying beach homes just for airbnb, and littering all the time breaks my heart. People I know that have lived here their whole lives don’t even care about the environment. Please don’t take the earth for granted and respect the land you live on. I’m in high school I’ve only lived on earth for 16, yet I respect it more than some adults. It’s so sad to see what some places have become because of humans.

[@kamieck4451]

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 :(

[@rrteppo]

It's been happening across the country recently. Houses around me doubled in price in the last few years.

[@c.s.7266]

Non-natives can't buy a home on Oahu

[@kamieck4451]

@@rrteppo yes ik but 800,000 for a very small home not in the city or on beachfront property is ridiculous

[@rrteppo]

@@kamieck4451 we are at 300,000 for houses two bedroom 900 square foot houses. Which is the size of an apartment.

[@rrteppo]

@@kamieck4451 so not as bad as Hawaii, but not good.

[@thepinkflamingostrikesagai7319]

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.😢

[@cataboss8288]

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...

[@luxurylifela4559]

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.

[@JustKeepSwimming1111JKS]

Omg 😢

[@mistifeyed]

Ummmmm. Almost dying from going from humid to dry? Seems fishy. Google knows nothing about this this lol.

[@visionvixxen]

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!!!

[@megmcguireme]

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.

[@TheAcidicMolotov]

This isnt anyones problem but yours. We can move. People with extra income would like to make more. They arent to blame

[@ThatMontanaMom]

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.

[@JamesCook76131]

Kudos to you for being a teacher. I wouldn’t be able to do it.

[@allHisblessings777]

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.

[@loveydovey9733]

@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.

[@dg8062]

Join the club, housing is absolutely unaffordable in any place in the US that's worth living!

[@StLsalsagirl]

Hawaii's problem is worse than any other state. Oprah and other celebs have been buying and they have been over paying, which drives prices up. The unhoused have created shanty and tent communities just to have somewhere to go. These are people who have multiple jobs, but with everything having to be shipped in food prices are ten times what we pay on the mainland. Native Hawaiians need to be given some type of subsidy to try to give them an equal chance.

[@mariabaker8464]

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]

Nobody to blame but Hawaiians themselves

[@shannonmcneely9034]

​@@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.

[@DreadPirateRoberts33]

@@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

[@jessicarb3471]

​@@dragons0220032002ify how is it the Hawaiians fault?

[@BonsaiBuckeye]

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

[@yahmein]

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.

[@bunkerbunny5]

That’s exactly what drives the price up. Big demand for little inventory means the price will keep climbing.

[@Considerable_Ounce]

The catch 22 is that the hawaiian economy is heavily dependant on tourism

[@yahmein]

@@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.

[@Alyss93]

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.

[@kelliintexas3575]

THIS is how Louisiana 'Cajuns' feel too.

[@Phoenix-cw9gl]

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.

[@danafisher8613]

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😢

[@clairechloe5294]

Well said. 👍👍👍👍

[@WanderingSou1]

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.

[@MilyxxMily]

🫵👻👹👽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....

[@MilyxxMily]

The solution is WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO SAY WHAT IS GONNA BE instead of letting the government TELL US WHAT IT IS!!

[@Blakebarawed]

As a kanaka maoli I really deal this. I am very happy because they actually banned Airbnb and renting houses so they are slowly helping it get better.

[@elizabethphares-oren6561]

This is causing issues everywhere. We need to continue to call it out. Thank you!

[@JakeKoenig]

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.

[@BelovedbyAdonai]

AGREE

[@stephenmitchell3569]

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.

[@Callsignethiopia]

*White people are causing these issues everywhere. We need to continue to call them out. There I fixed it for ya babe 😙

[@dkd3119]

Many prayers for Hawaii 🌺 and our World against these businesses! 🙏🌎🙏

[@owltrading3994]

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!

[@AliyahScott1621]

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

[@miarand57]

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. 😶

[@killerketamine_]

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.

[@jhtsurvival]

that's the history of the us

[@yrp237]

I gave you the answer in the comments but youtube removed it. Sorry, best of luck.

[@lisawarsh-chartier9473]

The miracle is REGULATION

[@nakoloc1040]

Five years ago I moved from Honolulu to Dallas, TX because for a long time, we saw this coming. When we sold our house, I told our RA “I want to sell to someone local”. The reply I got surprised and frightened me. “You’re either going to have to accept at least 30% less (which I, and no one I know can do) or sell to a mainland or foreign investor. In the end, we got NO offers from anyone local, and were offered 15% above asking, by someone from China, who could close in 10 days. You were right when you said, “I don’t know what can be done."

[@Cindymancini75]

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.

[@aphr0d]

Stop going. They don’t want you there, that’s the truth

[@Kevin-vf6px]

You played a role in this “destroying of culture” then gentrifier

[@juankulgai1150]

@@Kevin-vf6px At least this woman has some respect and understanding but you’re going at her. Makes no sense.

[@davidfaumuina9866]

Welcome to every Century since the beginning

[@kelsit.9438]

It’s utmost

[@primrosed2338]

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.

[@user-rf6gq8vz5v]

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.

[@Detcaligirl]

And in every city and suburb. Thank you@PrimRoseD for that truth and having the courage to make it a statement on You Tube

[@taimaishu-nao1922]

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.

[@fyretrail8973]

The interesting thing is that vacation rentals are actually illegal in Hawaii. They’re supposed to only be regulated to certain specific areas

[@WomanTakenBytheWind]

They do though, the person who made this video is flat out lying. You can literally google it.

[@silky0439]

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.

[@stickersonafryingpan]

*chills* 💔💕💕💕

[@gabriellahsdancingheart8808]

Yes!

[@silky0439]

@@stickersonafryingpan thank you! 🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️

[@whatever3145]

Lol nah, that land belongs to rich white people like this woman now. The world is ending.

[@Chris-uc6uc]

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!

[@FRONTLINEFOOTAGES]

Saddest thing is that they never chosed to be part of USA, USA just took their island

[@shinyape1741]

"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."

[@bubbagump1306]

The ones who voted did.

[@ApplesRYum]

@@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.

[@shinyape1741]

@@ApplesRYum Ethnostates ruled by Monarchies are good now. Also that kingdom conquered the other independent islands.

[@skeletonjanitor]

@@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.

[@BusStopBourbon]

This is everywhere, not just Hawaii.

[@jamesspalten5977]

Happening in every vacation spot. Happening in the Florida Keys and elsewhere!!

[@janetownley]

Exactly my thought. Of course it’s not only indigenous people being priced out, but all kinds of poor and midddle class people.

[@atruex4164]

Happening in DFW, quite frankly And Austin

[@Countingsquares22]

Exactly

[@anothersomebody8195]

​@@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.

[@jaycrew2007]

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.

[@MelodyT78]

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.

[@missourigirl8447]

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.

[@AJ-bu4yv]

@@missourigirl8447 yes, it's investors, it's not your every day American doing this.

[@kelseywelsey2924]

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...

[@daltonleath7586]

@@MelodyT78 it isn’t just Americans buying Hawaiian land.

[@emilyschake4577]

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

[@jaxthewolf4572]

I'm so sorry to hear that as a Midwestener 🙁

[@shinigami4242]

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!

[@aaronaaron8604]

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 😂😂😂😂

[@emilyschake4577]

@@aaronaaron8604 I’m supporting not representing his culture as my own

[@emilyschake4577]

@@shinigami4242 ok boomer

[@totallyfrozen]

Locals pretty much never could get a house because they don’t make enough money. Nearly all of them work in hospitality or tourism.

[@sebastiandelfavero5243]

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.

[@christinalarson54]

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!

[@kayakingirl7252]

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 😢

[@kimmarquis2354]

From SLV, so speaking the truth.

[@stephanielong7997]

Same here in the South Bay. From Hermosa Beach and the transplants have made the housing costs absolutely impossible.

[@jordanbpenick]

Same story in our small tourist town near Austin.

[@xChiimerax]

​@@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_n_sist8641]

Proud of you… You're a good wife. And you're helping the community Mahalo

[@michelelanham]

There needs to be laws against the Airbnb and Vrbo. This is awful. Housing needs to be set aside for Hawaiians.

[@sayhello5377]

“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?

[@michelelanham]

Not sure. But, this is despicable.

[@Kluelesskanoe]

@@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.

[@jonkiyosaki6600]

Hawaii was expensive for local long before Airbnb

[@justiceforall466]

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.

[@inmitch]

In Santa Cruz we passed laws that made Airbnb tougher to operate. It's not ideal, but it helped.

[@TheRuneCollector]

The Californian voter ladies and gentlemen 😂

[@pineapplegirl8078]

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.

[@charissavanophem4326]

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.

[@-nellie-m3711]

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 🇦🇺🌺🌺🌺🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️🏖️🏖️😎😎

[@Willowtree82]

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

[@ss.waaaaw]

​@TheBody what did Canada do??? I live in Montreal and I haven't heard of anything being done

[@palee8928]

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

[@EggchaserNZ]

Hawaiians need the same rights as Native Americans

[@malibu64]

That is an excellent point. Why don’t people talk about that more?

[@riayaraizel2214]

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.

[@mariem8705]

And I’m both. Apache and Hawaiian 🌺

[@Sherrilynn27]

Are they not Native 'Americans'?

[@EggchaserNZ]

@@Sherrilynn27 Hawaiians are Polynesians which aren’t exactly in the same group.

[@Amanda-lb5sh]

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

[@lindseypalmer5969]

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

[@Cherrypi393]

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.

[@SEABIRDSYMPHONY]

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!!

[@blacklite911]

Hawaii should’ve been the first place to ban airbnb of residential homes.

[@illuminatedpatriot9347]

This is America we don't ban things

[@Nissy5991]

This is also happening in Puerto Rico 😢 We need to spread the word and makes us be heard

[@ReallyMellow]

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 😐

[@robertaneilan8877]

Puerto Rico is not a State. Big difference. America needs to cut loose all of the territorial lands. It's colonialism.

[@caleberwin65]

Your husband is guacamole?

[@Kiara-xh3he]

So sad 😢

[@colinross7566]

I think AirBnB may be one of the worst things to happen to most communities. And those buying multiple homes everywhere.

[@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124]

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.

[@GraniteMountainCinematics]

@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124 Thank you!!!

[@publicenemynumber1861]

​@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124yes

[@eddyecho]

@@Panncakes444so according to you, laws of supply demand should only apply when you can afford it which is pretty much his point😂

[@chloereed2434]

@@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.

[@kevinkurtz9889]

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.

[@musicfan300]

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

[@2008Barrett]

Yesss

[@tracy2762]

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.

[@lexdiamond9827]

" 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"

[@FighteroftheNightman]

Bc the tribe that owns the banks also owns the politicians 👃

[@dianedoherty3655]

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.

[@HappyHome-if6qz]

And in Oklahoma city. Out state businesses bought properties and highjacking prices.

[@redbluebae4397]

Honey i think you’re missing the point this conversation is specifically about them

[@Blondie77128]

And here on the east coast in northern New Jersey, the NYC metro area and in NYC

[@Blondie77128]

@@redbluebae4397”Honey”, we get that. The problem is more widespread and pervasive in other states too. Often states will take inspiration from others when it comes to legislation. So if one state addresses the root cause other states can learn and enact their own changes. Why don’t you post something useful instead of trolling, passively/aggressively bullying others 🙄

[@redbluebae4397]

@@Blondie77128 that's you boo, your whataboutism is tiring.

[@moabfool]

Welcome to almost the entire United States. This is a problem in the whole country.

[@JPLEGACYTRADES]

Exactly!

[@jaypalomino14]

Sounds like California

[@kahepana2887]

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.

[@AJourneyOfYourSoul]

@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.

[@kabbythedog9409]

Fact

[@CeresAzalia]

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!

[@alarachel]

This sounds like it would be a great solution!

[@persephonel2117]

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.

[@ukeaddict]

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.

[@VvvnimaL]

Ah yes, less rentals for an island that survives on tourism, good idea

[@CeresAzalia]

@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.

[@Soy.patricia]

I am puertorrican and we are experiencing the same crisis. These people are stealing our lands!

[@NatalieTheRican]

I don't live in PR. Is there anything that others can do to help?

[@organicmagic8822]

Again

[@SophiaDelReyDom]

In Canary Islands 🇮🇨 is the same

[@nocomment6232]

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

[@woahbells]

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

[@kumar01234]

Y'all don't like Mark Zuckerberg building a large doomsday shelter(evil lair) in Hawaii? Wild

[@gr8fuldeb699]

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

[@lottesundstrom908]

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.

[@DaniBadger777]

I think this should apply to the entire country. I think they’re called visas.

[@angelmart08]

Who tf wants to go to Australia thou

[@giacxo]

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

[@joyceoechsli4180]

So there are no state or hospitality taxes collected on the VRBO and AirBandB rentals?

[@idiriaferrer281]

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. :-)

[@millionmiler]

Same on Ambergris Caye Belize

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

That’s cuz this is a problem every in the US and US territories. A symptom of capitalism

[@shantall.]

Same thing happens in Dominican Republic. :/

[@saga2828]

All over the world basically

[@annmariesaez7802]

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! ❤

[@Thelady30]

Do you feel like this is something that similarly happening in Puerto Rico?

[@mermaiddiyartist8119]

That’s beautiful ❤

[@konadenali7666]

​@@Thelady30Yes it's happening there to

[@dolorescheatom1663]

I saw it in P.R. too. I love your Island.

[@simengineering9183]

​@@Thelady30 indeed..check Real estate prices in Rincon PR... you'll see.

[@cedrus.forest_.]

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

[@sheilatorio6811]

So true. Hawaii should impose higher taxes if the homes are not your primary residence. And more incentives for locals.

[@Strawberrysoul]

Honestly it wouldn’t matter because many are very wealthy. I grew up in Hawaii

[@bubbagump150]

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.

[@danday9697]

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

[@LordsServant92]

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

[@alyssaoconnor]

Absolutely

[@tay4950]

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.

[@LilyGazou]

This is so loving. To share the home so relatives can come back. We have done something like that in my family.

[@palee8928]

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.

[@mandy648]

The problem isn’t the non-locals, the problem is the Hawaiian government not protecting the locals from this problem.

[@TheRedFist92]

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.

[@megbreezy7543]

It’s that also in my opinion, but it is also Airbnb and VRBO

[@DaMenehune]

Umm yea that's not the Hawaiian government. It's the fake state government.

[@MarkyNomad]

When money talks what is there to say? It's technically the US and this is how they run shit

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

@@MarkyNomad Yes, but the natives never ASKED to be part of the US!

[@mariajones8304]

It’s not just “Hawain problem” it’s everywhere like that. If you don’t have money you going to be priced out everywhere. If you let people to come to Hawaii and just keep it for yourself it’s not going to solve anything. In fact it without the financial support that tourism brings, local governments would face budget deficits, leading to potential cuts in services and increased taxes. Hawaii imports much of its goods, and without the large consumer base provided by tourists, the cost of these goods would rise, making the cost of living even higher for residents.

[@tkelly6121]

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.

[@Joe_S.s]

Yeah Hawaiians just get more attention because anything bad that happens to them is “racist”

[@jonathanandrew2909]

You mean the average person can’t live in the most expensive cities?! Stop the press!

[@satanslayer9320]

​@@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.

[@rogueproductions9011]

@@jonathanandrew2909not just cities, it’s nationwide

[@flyoverkid55]

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?

[@ruthm.9798]

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.

[@Unboxingyy]

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

[@maggiecruz2117]

Like America right ?

[@idahoman325]

, 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.

[@Marie-jl1pi]

I feel it! Same situation in Puerto Rico. 😢

[@iheartsofii]

Yea.. i used to live in puerto rico now im in florida

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

At least Hawaii is a state.

[@SHADOWBLACKs650]

Everybody has to do things to make money, yes even if you're a Hawaiian, they even made a little song about it, kind of goes like this "money makes the world go round."

[@richardsmith5840]

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.

[@lilindil1250]

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

[@MB-ed6wi]

Mahalo for your ka’ana like ‘ana. KZbin 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.

[@nadinelynch9591]

Maika'i. Well said.

[@leilani_808]

❤❤❤

[@mn4169]

I think this also a problem in the West Indies and so on. Holiday homes, making money and using the locals for as cheap as possible.

[@krystal-annekea7227]

Mahalo for sharing a concern that we face

[@dove.9833]

I follow some influencers that have lived in Hawaii so honestly just you speaking and raising awarerness about this is amazing it may seem small but this how change gets started ❤

[@laurencameron3150]

The same is happening in Guam. The military is pricing them out of their homes

[@beckywalker9450]

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.

[@dawna1214]

Oprah has her own road, that's private. Put her out!

[@rissaheads6091]

Blk people are not the problem watch your mouth

[@YoutubeAccount333]

Why shouldnt she have that type of luxury with all the wealth shes worked for?

[@MS-bs8dd]

That’s aggressive. Only divides further. We all need to come together to create new ways and take back power from the criminals and realize each and every one of us has wealth to offer. Oprah’s is different but not better in my mind and not worse.

[@LilyGazou]

That road connects the higher area to the beaches with the resorts. Because she won’t open it up to be used even by public buses, the workers have to commute over an hour. So much for clean air. I understand why people hate her now.

[@seanoking2010]

@@LilyGazou if that road opened the real estate investors would decimate the higher elevation small town because of its new quick access to the beaches

[@Nikki7554]

It’s so expensive there even to just visit I can’t imagine for the local people I live in a resort area and I totally understand ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ClaimClam]

how is it expensive if we can just go there and take from the island

[@LeloLeeleeRamirez]

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. 😢

[@Augie13]

As a Native Hawaiian, we had to move to the mainland because we could no longer live in Hawaii. I can't even afford to visit to this day.

[@PixieDusted72]

My moms best friend moved to Hawaii many years ago. She and her family absolutely loved the island but they had to move recently. The Air BBS were so out of control in their area that they decided it was time to leave. Unable to find another home that they wanted to purchase they ended up moving back to the mainlands South Carolina. It’s a huge adjustment for all of them. They have said this very thing. People take & take without giving anything back. ❤ So sad.

[@charrier18]

Thank you! You explained this so well. We're experiencing the same thing in South Florida. Locals have been trying to explain to the snow birds and tourists this exact thing, and they get so defensive and say "we drive your economy". Not really, they buy the land at top dollar and drive our housing prices and living cost up so that the people who grew up here can't afford to live here anymore. I feel bad for the younger kids here who grew up here and then have to move out of town after they graduate because they can't afford to live in their own town. And since it's just tourism based economy that we only get 6 months out of the year, the jobs don't pay well enough for people to live out of town and drive an hour to get to work. So we have a job shortage. And then the Snow Birds get on Facebook and tell the people who grew up here they're being selfish or that they're unworthy of living here. I have a screenshot of a woman telling a nurse that she doesn't deserve to be here because she doesn't work hard enough to make enough money to afford this area. The immense disconnect from reality from these people is absolutely unreal.

[@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124]

housing prices will go down once everyone realizes that the population is not going up anymore. you see, we have not had births be greater than deaths in the last 43 years except for 1980, 2009, and 2021. We import 2 million a year legally, 1 million or more a year illegally, and yet we only grow by 500k a year? Doesn't make sense unless we just aren't having kids anymore.

[@tomsprincessa3905]

Agree. Live in South Florida… had a sinkhole under our house so sold it and moved closer to our job - planned to rent a year or two until we could find just the right place to buy again. Now after COVID and everyone moving here with NY money we can’t hardly even afford rent.. and we are government employees. Not to mention how every green space is getting leveled for cheap wood frame apartments (that no one can afford either). We used to have turtles, and raccoons and roseate spoonbills and all sorts of critters cross from the wetland pond across road into our community pond. Lots of ducks… not any more. This is gonna be hell in a hurricane or tsunami evacuation. By the way - the overbuilding and over population has contributed in large part to the sinkhole issue in the middle of the state. The water table shrinks with all the homes, water pressure is horrible. People are selling homes from the 1950s, with no garage and one bath for over 600k… and it’s not locals buying - it’s out of towners… who then complain 3 Publix in less tha. A mile radius isn’t enough… It stinks

[@bubbajones4522]

"Natives" don't own the island and have no more right to live there than any other AMERICAN. That is American land so get over your racist and socialist issues.

[@thestorybehindthat5236]

Yup, boomers are really something. Created policy they benefited from, screwed their kids, pull up the latter, and scream about not getting waited on and visited as much as they'd like. + No grandkids for many due to their choices and the world they're passing down.

[@YogsenForfoth]

The only difference is that Hawaii is a wonderful paradise, full of amazing indigenous peoples, while Florida is a godforsaken hellscape where freedom goes to die. 😂

[@baybrad4159]

As a native Californian, Bay area specifically, I feel your pain. It's happened to us here too.

[@williamanderson4999]

True, but many of those Hawaiians are true Hawaiians. They have 200 ,300 year residency. California, most people their came from somewhere else inside America.

[@glockdude5472]

lol stop voting democrat! I swear you guys never get it. These cities have all been ran by democrats for the last 60 years and not only have things not got better but they are worse than ever before. There’s too many vote blue no matter who people.

[@Userratoli]

​@@williamanderson4999 indigenous Californians object

[@lilianadelcaribe]

Oh shutup Californian isnt a race

[@User-54631]

@@williamanderson4999 can you provide a link to support that most people living in Ca were not a neon and raised in Ca?

[@Bruhhduz]

Hell yeah lmao. Im Kanaka Maoli but i wear cowboy boots and speak like a ford truck driver. Idaho baby

[@michellejewett4766]

Your local politicians need to address this. The million dollar homes need to be stopped, banned by law.

[@fkujakedmyname]

they are fascist right wingers who dont care

[@WideAwakeHuman]

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.

[@bgorg1]

What did the home do to deserve to be banned?

[@vaig5319]

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!

[@commandrogyne]

Who do you think owns the million dollar homes lol

[@Nhp456]

Hope Hawaii gets some help/relief. Prayers 🙏🏽

[@kuuleik6117]

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.

[@collinswartwood9279]

This happens in every vacation destination not just Hawaii

[@msblessalkalinemix7834]

This is everywhere- I am a Jamaican and can’t afford to buy in Ja because overseers buy it everything along with government. I had to move from NY to down south just to try and buy. It’s happening everywhere darling and it’s no stopping 😊

[@AsherWolfson]

It's happening in Sydney. I have to rent a single room in order to commute an hour to my full-time job (which is $50k in hand per year) because there's nothing better or closer to work I can afford.

[@calliew311]

Ya but isn't the difference that it's pricing out the native Hawaiians? I mean, the indigenous population? It's more similar to what you said about Jamaica, than moving from NY to the South. this is just my opinion and I don't mean to sound rude or hateful, just in case it comes off that way.

[@msblessalkalinemix7834]

It’s happening all over the Globe. They’re natives everywhere and they can’t afford anything. The 1% will Always rule.

[@lunamajor9264]

As a native Hawaiian, THANK YOU 🙏🏻 ❤ many people come to the āina, which we welcome them, but they just take and take, and don’t give much if at all back. The main argument is that us locals should shut up and be grateful since we heavily rely on tourism. Who you think brought dat there?! Unfortunately partially due to living expenses, I too moved away from my home..Most ohana’s stick with each other in small homes to afford living :(

[@shaunlindsey5132]

The problem is that we locals are divided. We fight with each other and hate each other's success. like crabs in a barrel. So it's easy for outsiders to take over. They put money together to buy big lands like ranches and developments. In the Bishop estate trust. There is enough land and money to take care of every native Hawaiian in the world. The problem is that Uncle Tom Hawaiians take payoffs only caring about themselves. So we see homeless Hawaiians. There is no reason Hawaiians should die waiting on a list for Hawaiian homes. The state wouldn't be able to do that without the Uncle Tom Hawaiians taking payoffs.

[@marianadomenzain3154]

That breaks my heart I am so sorry for you and all those who had to leave their homes in Hawai’i. It’s really sad when people move there but don’t think twice about their impact

[@AntilleanConfederation]

I feel ya. I had my native island nation taken over by communist. Now I have to live elsewhere to live like a human being. I have a lot of love for Hawaii, as I carry Taino blood and many of the Taino culture traditions got adopted by South Pacific tribes when the Spaniards spread the inventions world wide. Hey at least you guys can still vote and remove the trouble makers, you still have your home. I don’t, but I do feel a lot of love for you guys, we are cousins sort of speak… most of my people got completely wiped out, and as a result my DNA is more European than native… sad

[@GraniteMountainCinematics]

I feel bad for you but it's a capitalist market. It's hard to get a job there tho

[@stephaniestevens4873]

I'm so sad to read this, and I'm so sorry.

[@Gamzee-qf7fe]

Make Hawaii a reservation. Give it back to the Hawaiian people and let them decide.

[@NoCoffeeForYou]

The problem with the world not just Hawaii

[@brikhouse22]

Hell same here in Vancouver, they let anyone buy houses so people from over seas bought a bunch of the available houses for vacation and they sit empty most of the time.

[@aCycloneSteve]

How about a huge tax on condo's and home not the primary home of the owner (or owned by corporations)

[@chrisd4841]

@@aCycloneSteve There are differential property taxes based on residency here. However we are talking about millionaires investing here. The higher property tax is passed on to the renter, insuring that the average couple will NEVER be able to save enough for a down payment on a house purchase.

[@brikhouse22]

@@aCycloneSteve they have since implemented an "empty house tax" for those houses left empty, but if you live over seas and own a house in Canada I highly doubt that is gonna hurt you much.

[@aCycloneSteve]

@@chrisd4841 I guess that could be true. Someone else posted about a vacancy tax. That might work. I'm not a fan of government regulation, but local is generally better than state, and state is generally better than federal. How about a regulation that you can't rent out your place as an AB&B unless the owner physically lives there at least 6 months a year?

[@jpupp]

And yet Hawaii has the SECOND highest tax burden of all US states. Great job Hawaiian government

[@pat5882]

Safe bet it’s the way they vote in Hawaii and THAT political party will take FULL advantage.

[@yurichtube1162]

​@@pat5882 democrats?

[@scottharm3932]

@@yurichtube1162 Who else?

[@skeezix8156]

They also have the lowest property tax rate of all the US states. See how easy it is to cherry pick statistics.

[@scottharm3932]

@@skeezix8156 That would still be included in the "tax" burden, so you're the only one cherry picking

[@MannMortgages]

Your right, this happens in most desirable cities unfortunately. Locals should be regarded the same as the city they inhabit

[@mariajones8304]

The U.S. Constitution protects the free flow of commerce between states. Restricting property ownership by residents of other states could be seen as a violation of the Interstate Commerce Clause, which prohibits states from discriminating against citizens of other states in economic matters.

[@jenniferlynn5655]

Glad your speaking up. More need to, I recently heard of this, and it's heartbreaking. This is so wrong and I am so sorry this is happening 💔

[@smallfootprint2961]

We're priced out of everywhere. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. That's how they create the bubbles. They know what they're doing.

[@b.j.hinote4301]

Im in danville illinios and work 40 hrs a week and lost my family home . I cant afford to do anything. Is this all there is to life. If so it sucks.

[@rebekahwarriorspirit8110]

💯 yeap!! 👆

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Exactly right.

[@seesthesky808]

Yes girl thankyou 👐🏽🙏🏽❤ I live in the mainland for school and a lot of people are unaware that paradise comes at a cost for all of us locals who grew up there and have family there. Imagine not being able to afford living In your hometown. What kind of impact this has on our culture when many Hawaii grown people leave and people who are material driven move in. 😢 Hawaii is paradise to others because of us who take care of our land and our people. This is a deep rooted issue that correlates to a lot of battles we native Hawaiian people face. This isn’t an issue that can be summed up by one video BUT one video can spread awareness. The impacts of this issue isn’t just about land, money, or living this is also a reflection of a battle for Native Hawaiian preservation but also a battle to save our way of life as local people who live connected, diverse and rooted in our history together. Impacting our pidgin, our aloha, our hula and teachings, the constant development of an untouched ancestral land. The thing I’ve learned being in the mainland is, most people view hawaii as an opportunity because they LOVE hawaii. Non locals don’t always have Ill will or bad intent, they just aren’t raised in the same type of culture or awareness. Someone who has no knowledge of Hawaii life and our philosophy won’t know how gentrification impacts us on a deeper level. Much of the mainland operates with high consumerism. Raising awareness is key 💚 Anyone who raises awareness local, native or not is someone who helps us spread our voices.

[@inflation1139]

Says the lady that went to Hawaii and took a native man from the native women. Thats worse than a house you're crying about, ITS A BLOODLINE!!

[@pinkpugginz]

The same thing is happening where I live in Seattle. Every house has bought up by a corporation or y rich person that wants to rent it out at four or five times the normal rate

[@seesthesky808]

You’re commenting on the wrong thread I’m born and raised a native Hawaiian, nezperce woman from hilo HI. If my brother brought home a white born woman we give aloha and teach our ways, and fact is she is standing up for a battle we face everyday. Colour has no meaning, what matters is the heart of someone who will advocate for hawaiian turmoils, even if you are not kanaka mao’oli comes from the heart it is our most cherished pono and Kuleana. Your racism has no love here. I’d rather my brothers come home with someone who fights for my people than someone from my blood who does not fight at all.

[@seesthesky808]

@@inflation1139 You’re commenting on the wrong thread I’m born and raised a native Hawaiian, nezperce woman from hilo HI. If my brother brought home a white born woman we give aloha and teach our ways, and fact is she is standing up for a battle we face everyday. Colour has no meaning, what matters is the heart of someone who will advocate for hawaiian turmoils, even if you are not kanaka mao’oli comes from the heart it is our most cherished pono and Kuleana. Your racism has no love here. I’d rather my brothers come home with someone who fights for my people than someone from my blood who does not fight at all. Educate yourself before you stand up to a native on native rights. I know my people

[@angelapastorius2377]

@@seesthesky808 💞💞💞

[@bilingualblondie4347]

This happening everywhere.. it’s a very serious issue. Places like Hawaii feel it FIRST & HARD because of the fact they are an island… Cape Cod is experiencing a similar problem

[@ricocobasilik1654]

Puerto Rico be going through that too I understand the frustration

[@suzannerodriguez8600]

Happening in Costa Rica also. It's very sad.

[@sibusisiweshabala3366]

By foreigners?

[@ricocobasilik1654]

​@@sibusisiweshabala3366 she didn't say foreigners

[@dean8811]

Puerto Rico has its own problems nobody running to live there that’s the problem

[@dean8811]

@@suzannerodriguez8600 baloney

[@tyeleryamaguchi5883]

As a fellow kanaka maoli I feel this deeply. I live in the PNW and I want to take my kids back home but I feel that pain where it’s hard to! Thank you for bringing a little awareness to this.

[@johns6431]

PNW will price you out soon too my brother 😂

[@tyeleryamaguchi5883]

@@johns6431 you got that right. It’s already getting there

[@ko7302]

My parents lived in Hawaii in the 80s. They used to own Kona Coffee which was just a little business back in the day. She would always support the locals and I am sure some of the older Hawaiians remember my mom and Dad. They saw this happening back then and tried to help. Sadly it's gotten much worse....

[@KonaTheTherianIsOnline]

My family and I are locals, but there was a county meeting about building more hotels near the beautiful oceans. A few of my cousins, uncles, and aunties were fighting for the demolition to get cancelled. Not to be rude to any tourists, but try to leave the volcanoes alone, Pēle don't need any interruption from her sleep.

[@gabrielledavis1827]

We understand. We have folks coming from places like New York. They're demanding all these amenities, but moved her for low taxes! But they're rude to locals and aggressive and are bottle necking our services and demanding more than what we offer. Then they go on their vacations and expect others to house sit and never offer back to the community.

[@NJRB23]

Definitely confront them about it in a professional way. Sorry to hear that as somebody from New Jersey where that’s been going on for decades

[@bunnylacy2097]

Definitely confront them in a professional way so they’re less likely to get angry and overly defensive.

[@drleo6409]

Some people up in the north east think people in the south are dumb ignorant hicks. Then they are mad because we will not to what they want .

[@419zx6r]

What low taxes are you talking about? Maybe lower than New York but the over all cost of living in hawaii is the highest in the USA

[@jayderwin1]

There would be no jobs if not for tourist

[@themomandthemaverick]

This happens in all vacation areas. We lived in Boyne City in Northern Michigan . Which I know is no Hawaii, but the people who are born and work the service jobs in this area cannot afford to live there because of the cost of homes. Then any affordable homes that come on the market are scooped up by wealthy people that have multiple homes and then do the same airbnb type rentals for vacationers. It is quite a issue. It causes the locals to have to move out of the area and makes there not be enough workers to sustain the amount of vacationer's. It is very awful for all the parties, just some don't see that they are part of the problem. Another issue is these vacation towns do not have proper affordable housing like apartments, that the regular people can live. I am mother to 5 and could not find anywhere to live multiple times due to my family size. A house that would accommodate my family sells for more than I could have ever dreamed to afford. And the apartments that were around all only had 2 bedrooms. And two apartment complexes in the town over had 3 bedrooms. But they are always full. So we now live 3 1/2 hours from our favorite place and only get to visit occasionally instead of owning a home and having our children in there hometown. Thanks for drawing attention, to this issue. I just wanted to let people know that it happens in all vacation spots.

[@freespirit369-nb4jf]

Any place beautiful turns into being all about money. I have seen this in my lifetime. I lived on Kauai and the mainland.

[@rn780]

exactly. I live in bitter cold Idaho and rich assets are moving here in swarms. they just leave to apparently Hawaii during Winter.

[@freespirit369-nb4jf]

@@rn780 money seems to bring the worst .

[@tanzanable]

@@freespirit369-nb4jf The love of money is the root of all evil. If everyone in the world was forced to have the exact same amount of money each year no matter what their job was, wouldn't that make for a better world? We wouldn't have a few people like famous actors, singers, athletes, business owners, etc. taking most of the money for themselves. Wouldn't the world be better? Everyone would be equal.

[@willgaukler8979]

... allow those who can .... not fair to limit successes as seen by you ... the true cost of Freedom is Tolerance ...

[@PaxDisturbia]

​@@tanzanable No, you won't get anyone with education and skills they've sacrificed their youth in order to attain, to work for the same income as a worker with no education or skills who partied their youth away aimlessly, or in some cases, never worked at all.

[@mk3golf723]

This was the compaints way before Airbnb existed

[@lioness5953]

There needs to be a national moratorium on housing in the USA. We all need to get behind this housing crisis for change to happen.

[@777NCM]

Stop building new housing? The demand is going to keep rising as long as there is immigration.

[@wkdravenna]

What does that mean?

[@honeybeejourney]

What would that look like? Can you give more explanation?

[@skrdykatjunior6125]

I agree.

[@xtremity2361]

Govt socializing housing.... again