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a. Housing Stock Size other legal proceedings, units held while they are
<br /> being refurbished or rebuilt, or while owners are
<br /> Among the 532,880 housing units in Hawaii in deciding what to do with their vacant property. In
<br /> 2017, 482,803 housing units were available to the 2017, Hawai`i's other vacant units made up one-
<br /> resident housing market (Table 2). We refer to third of vacant and unavailable units and 3.2
<br /> this number as the housing stock. Within the percent of total housing units.
<br /> housing stock, 455,449 were occupied units and Hawaii has typically been in the top 15 percent of
<br /> 27,354 were available vacant units. states losing housing units to vacancies. We
<br /> About 52,645 housing units (9.9%) were not part ranked 12th for percent of total housing units held
<br /> of the housing stock in 2017. Of those, over 67 for seasonal, recreational, and occasional use in
<br /> percent were vacant for seasonal, recreational, or 2017. Only two states ranked higher than the
<br /> occasional use. A small number of units (136) counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui with respect
<br /> were vacant and held off the market for use by to the percent of total units held off the market for
<br /> migrant agricultural workers. seasonal use.
<br /> Units that were vacant for seasonal, recreational, Across the State, there were differences in the
<br /> or occasional use (seasonal) are the most percent of total housing units counted as housing
<br /> significant component of Hawai`i's unavailable stock. In Honolulu, 6.8 percent of all units were
<br /> housing units. There were 35,304 of them in unavailable. In the other counties, that figure was
<br /> significantly higher as in 19 percent for Kau
<br /> 2017, up 6.8 percent from 2014. That was 44.1 ai
<br /> percent of vacant housing units and 6.6 percent County, 16 percent in the County of Hawaii, and
<br /> of all housing units in the State. 13 percent for Maui County.
<br /> There were 17,205 housing units classified as b. Trends in Housing Stock, 2011-2017
<br /> "other vacant." The definition includes housing
<br /> units that are held off the market while a decision A brief overview of housing trends from 2014 and
<br /> is made regarding their status. Types of decisions 2017 Census data will highlight changes to the
<br /> include litigation, settling estates, involvement in housing stock in recent years (Table 2).
<br /> Table 2. State of Hawaii, Changes in Housing Stock, 2014-2017
<br /> 2014 2017 Change 2014-2017
<br /> Number I Percent Number I Percent Number I Percent
<br /> Total Housing Units 524,852 100.0% 532,880 100.0% 8,028 1.5%
<br /> Single Family 282,060 53.7% 286,873 53.8% 4,813 1.7%
<br /> Multi-Family 242,792 46.3% 246,007 46.2% 3,215 1.3%
<br /> Total Available Housing Stock 477,520 91.0% 482,803 90.6% 5,283 1.1%
<br /> Total Occupied Housing Units 450,299 85.8% 455,449 85.5% 5,150 1.1%
<br /> Owner Occupied Units 257,121 49.0% 264,622 49.7% 7,501 2.9%
<br /> Renter Occupied Units 193,178 36.8% 190,827 35.8% -2,351 -1.2%
<br /> Total Vacant Units 74,553 14.2% 79,999 15.0% 5,446 7.3%
<br /> Vacant Available 27,221 5.2% 27,354 5.1% 133 0.5%
<br /> For Rent 18,704 3.6% 20,026 3.8% 1,322 7.1%
<br /> Rented,not occupied 2,418 0.5% 2,134 0.4% -284 -11.7%
<br /> For Sale only 4,085 0.8% 3,193 0.6% -892 -21.8%
<br /> Sold,not occupied 2,014 0.4% 2,001 0.4% -13 -0.6%
<br /> Vacant Unavailable 47,332 9.0% 52,645 9.9% 5,313 11.2%
<br /> Seasonal Use 33,054 6.3% 35,304 6.6% 2,250 6.8%
<br /> For Migrant Workers/Ag.Use 93 0.0% 136 0.0% 43 46.2%
<br /> Other Vacant 14,185 2.7% 17,205 3.2% 3,020 21.3%
<br /> Source:ACS 2014 and 2017 5-yr. Estimates,Tables B25004, S2504, and S1101.
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