Maui could soon ban some Airbnbs. Short-term rental owners say it will be financially devastating for them.

• A proposed plan in Maui would phase out 7,000-plus short-term rentals to address housing shortages.
• Rental owners say their property values will tank. One said his family may have to leave Maui.
• Experts say the ban would increase the long-term housing supply and likely reduce housing prices.

Andrew Church has lived on Maui for more than two decades, while his long-term partner and fiancée, with whom he has a daughter, was born and raised on the island.