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II. CURRENT HOUSING SITUATION IN HAWAII <br /> The 2019 study of Hawai`i's housing market begins excludes group quarters (prisons, dormitories, <br /> with a review of the fundamental data for housing nursing homes, shelters, etc.) and commercial <br /> planning -- housing supply, housing demand, and residential properties (hotels, condominium <br /> housing prices. hotels, hostels, timeshare units, etc.), which are <br /> available only on a short-term rental basis. <br /> A. HOUSING SUPPLY IN HAWAII <br /> Total housing units are further defined as either <br /> In this section, we consider (1) housing stock, the occupied or vacant. By Census convention, the <br /> current collection of housing units available to number of occupied housing units is always <br /> Hawaii residents and migrants, and (2) housing equal to the number of households in the State. <br /> production levels and the rate at which new The total housing stock includes all occupied <br /> housing units are added to the housing stock. housing units plus vacant housing units available <br /> to the market (Table 1). <br /> 1. Current Housing Stock Residential housing construction fell after the <br /> According to the Census, there were 532,880 Great Recession began in Hawaii in 2008. Total <br /> housing units in Hawaii in 2017, up about 2.0 housing units grew by about 5,600 units per year <br /> percent from 524,852 units in 2014. (2.2%) between 2009 and 2011. Between 2011 <br /> and 2014, growth slowed to 2,800 units per year <br /> Total Housing Units (Table1) are units that are - half what it was in the previous five years. <br /> Between 2014 and 2017 <br /> available for occupancy as residential owned or , growth slowed further <br /> long-term rental accommodations. The definition to about 2,675 units per year. <br /> Table 1. Housing Unit Types by County, 2017 <br /> Housing Unit Types Honolulu Hawai'i Maui Kaua'i State <br /> Total Housing Units 346,374 84,750 71,467 30,289 532,880 <br /> Occupied Housing Units 311,451 67,054 54,381 22,563 455,449 <br /> Vacant Housing Units 34,923 19,956 17,712 7,670 45,373 <br /> Vacant and Available 11,214 5,994 6,700 2,488 26,396 <br /> Vacant and Unavailable 23,709 13,962 9,242 5,732 52,645 <br /> Vacant for agricultural use 61 38 5 32 136 <br /> Vacant for seasonal use 14,358 9,708 6,937 4,301 35,304 <br /> Other Vacant 9,290 4,216 2,300 1,399 17,205 <br /> Housing Stock 322,665 73,048 61,081 25,051 481,845 <br /> Pct. available (occupied &vacant) 93.2% 86.2% 85.5% 82.8% 90.4% <br /> Percent unavailable units 6.8% 16.5% 12.9% 18.9% 9.9% <br /> Percent vacant for seasonal units 4.2% 11.5% 9.7% 14.2% 6.6% <br /> Percent other vacant 2.7% 5.0% 3.2% 4.6% 3.2% <br /> Source:ACS 2017 5-yr Estimates,Table B25004 and DP04. <br /> Hawai'i Housing Planning Study,2019 Page 3 <br /> ©SMS December,2019 <br />