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of incomplete kitchen facilities ranged from a high Table 5. Housing Stock Growth 2010 - 2017 <br /> of 2.3 percent in Hawaii County and a low of 1.1 Housing Housing <br /> percent in Kauai County. Housing Units Units Percent <br /> Units 2010 2017 Added Change <br /> Our housing units are smaller than those in other State 461,437 482,864 21,427 4.6% <br /> American housing markets. For the State, the <br /> median number of rooms per occupied housing Hawai'i 65,872 72,384 6,512 9.9% <br /> unit was 4.6. Nationally, the average housing unit <br /> had 5.8 rooms in 2014. At the level of Honolulu 315,489 322,665 7,176 2.3% <br /> municipalities, Honolulu, Hilo, Wailuku, and <br /> Lihu'e average room counts were lower than all Kauai 23,839 24,901 1,062 4.5% <br /> but a handful of other major housing markets in Maui 57,470 62,912 5,442 9.5% <br /> the country (e.g., New York, 4.2; San Francisco, <br /> 4.4; Boston, 4.5). Source:SMS based these on ACS Tables B25001 —B25004. <br /> Housing stock increased by nearly 10 percent in <br /> 2. Housing Production the Counties for Hawaii and Maui. The City and <br /> County of Honolulu added 7,176 units to its <br /> Hawai'i's total housing units count was 520,088 housing stock between 2010 and 2017. Honolulu <br /> units in 2010 and 546,213 units in 20188. During had about 68 percent of the housing stock in <br /> those years, we produced 26,125 units, an 2010, so the growth rate was only 2.3 percent for <br /> average of 2,902 units per year, for an average the seven years. Kauai County's housing stock <br /> annual growth rate of about 0.6 percent. This was grew by 4.5 percent (the state and national <br /> a bit lower than the national average annual average). <br /> growth rate of 1.3 percent for those years (0.9%). <br /> a. Housing Stock Growth, 1990-2017 When the population increases and household <br /> formation proceeds normally, additional housing <br /> Housing stock, adjusted for vacant and units are needed to shelter the resulting new <br /> unavailable units, had a slightly different pattern households. <br /> (Table 5). The State's growth rate was the same <br /> as the average of all 50 states (4.5%). Housing production can be measured by counting <br /> completion certificates, or by subtracting this <br /> year's stock from last year's stock. <br /> As in all the previous HHPS reports, we find again <br /> that the housing supply continues to lag behind <br /> demand in Hawaii. We will revisit this subject in <br /> the projections section of this report and in the <br /> closing remarks. <br /> In the interim, we ought to note that the growth is <br /> not homogeneous across different types of <br /> housing stock. Production is slower at the lower <br /> end of the housing market. As found elsewhere <br /> in the nation, housing prices rise faster for the <br /> lower-income quintiles than for the upper ones.9 <br /> In addition, production lags demand in the rental <br /> housing segment and produces higher numbers <br /> of single-family units. <br /> 8 DBEDT Data Book Time Series, Table 21.20. <br /> 9 Popov, Igor. 2019. Housing markets and income <br /> inequality, Rent Economics,April 24, 2019. <br /> Hawai'i Housing Planning Study,2019 Page 9 <br /> ©SMS December,2019 <br />