2016 Hawaii Housing Planning Study

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I review County data on scheduled housing unit Although they are not part of, but closely related production. Findings were used to develop to this study, there were two Fair Market Rent estimates of short-run housing production. surveys conducted, one each for the Counties of Kauai and Maui during the course of HHPS Housing for Special Needs Groups Study: 2016. This study centered on interviews with service providers and advocates for people with special Each of these project elements is described in needs. The focus was on demand and supply of detail in the HHPS 2016 Technical Report. housing units to serve their particular needs. Statistical data were gathered to connect the D. REPORT STRUCTURE needs data with housing planning and production in the next five years. The report begins with Section II, a description of current housing conditions in Hawai'i including Homeless Study: Information was drawn from demand, supply, and pricing of residential units several HHPS components to generate a more over time. Section III discusses the forecasted comprehensive understanding of homelessness demand for housing units --"Needed Units" -- as a housing issue this year. Here too, the from 2015 through 2025. Section IV covers the intention was to bring homelessness studies into current housing issues for the year: the realm of housing planning and production. transportation, sustainable affordability, military housing, tourism, homelessness, and housing for Tourism Study. A separate study component persons with special needs. Section V discusses covered the relationship between the number recent housing production in the public sector. one industry in Hawaii - tourism - and the residential housing market. To our literature An appendix presents support materials for search and secondary data gathering, we added major elements of the report and a glossary of specific questions to the Demand Survey and terms. conducted a special survey of out-of-state property owners. Hawaiians: To enable certain stakeholders to conduct more in-depth analysis, the number of surveys conducted with residents self-identifying as Hawaiian or Part-Hawaiian were increased in the Housing Demand survey and questions were added just for this group. Military Housing: The role of military housing has always been included in the HHPS, at least in the inventory. In 2016 there was an effort to expand coverage of the influence of military housing on the residential housing market in Hawaii. Secondary Data: The study team gathered existing data and available forecasts to support each of the study elements discussed here. We also reviewed housing plans and production, government spending on housing, and comparisons with housing data in other states and municipalities. Hawaii Housing Planning Study,2016 Page 2 ©SMS, Inc. December,2016