Registration for Oahu short-term rentals is progressing

The long-awaited city ordinance regulating short-term rentals took effect Oct. 24to an anticlimax: Honolulu Hale’s registration website came a day after, few property owners in resort districts registered, and a federal court had already barred the city from penalizing people who rented out property for 30 to 89 days. But now, the program is getting underway.