2011 Housing Planning Study - County of Hawaii

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SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING IN HAWAI'I The present HHPS marks the first time the study vouchers statewide, 1,144 were elderly focused attention on housing demand and households. requirements among special needs populations. The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Included in the special needs populations are Development and Tourism (DBEDT) predicts that, by 2030, there will be an additional 142,000 • Elderly; elderly households across Hawaii (see Table • Frail Elderly; 20). In order to accommodate the large number • Exiting Offenders; of elderly residents, DBEDT has forecasted the • Persons with Alcohol and Other Drug need for close to 55,000 new housing units Addictions; equipped with amenities designed to serve • Persons with Disabilities; elderly households by 2030 (see Table 21). Sixty • Persons Diagnosed with HIV or AIDS; percent of the new elderly housing units would be • Persons with Severe Mental Illness; ownership units, with the remaining 40 percent • Victims of Domestic Violence; and for elderly renter households. • Emancipated Foster Youth. A subset of the elderly population, frail elderly are identified as those persons with physical or mental disabilities that may interfere with the Elderly and Frail Elderly Persons ability to independently perform activities of daily living (i.e., bathing, dressing, toileting, and meal Among the 1.36 million residents of the State of preparation). In the State of Hawaii, there are Hawaii, approximately 18 percent (241,984 22,752 households that include one or more frail persons) are age 62 or older 30. An additional elderly persons (Table 22). 35,376 Hawaii residents will age into the elderly classification within the next two years. As the baby boomers age, elderly persons are projected Housing Needs and Challenges to account for more than one-quarter of Hawaii's population by 2030. In 2011, the Housing Demand Survey evaluated the need for specific housing unit amenities The Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) among the elderly and frail elderly. The survey maintains 6,404 affordable housing units across found that approximately 38 percent of elderly the State. Of these, 1,771 units are designated residents needed housing unit amenities such as for the elderly.31 ramps, railings, grab bars and emergency call systems. The number of families on the public housing waiting list is an indicator of the need for Not only do the frail elderly need these kinds of affordable rental housing opportunities. Of the quality of life modifications in their homes, they close to 9,000 households on the public housing also need to be in close proximity to retail wait list, elderly families account for one-fifth of establishments and medical facilities with these (1,767 households). In 2009, of the more convenient access to public transportation. than 17,000 families on the wait lists for housing W U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census 2010. 31 http://hawaii.gov/dbedUhhfdc/resources/Affordable- Housing-I nventory.pdf Hawaii Housing Planning Study,2011 Page 39 0 SMS, Inc. November,2011