HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Brendan Town and his wife Cho Park came to Hawaii for a dream honeymoon. After spending their first week on Oahu, their next stop was a trip to the Big Island.

Airbnb’s attorney, David Louie, a former Hawaii attorney general, said that the problem is due to illegal short-term rentals and the lack of enforcement, which he said wasn’t addressed.

About 30,000 of Hawaii’s 557,000 total housing units, or 5.5%, are short-term rentals, compared to cities like Las Vegas, where only 3% are short-term rentals, the report said.

Hawaii residents have some of the highest housing costs in the nation -- more than 2.5 times higher than the national average -- according to the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization.

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