2011 Housing Planning Study - State of Hawaii

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INTRODUCTION PURPOSE 2. Rental Housing Study: A study of rental unit advertisements, prices, and characteristics The objectives of the Hawai'i Housing Planning from January 2006 through May 2011. The Study (HHPS) have developed over the last 19 rent study was expanded this year to include years. Since the HHPS series began in 1992, data from the ACS, the Office of Housing and HHPS has produced a single, comprehensive Urban Development's (HUD) Fair Market compilation of data on Hawaii's housing market Rents, and other sources. accessible to all parties engaged in providing housing for Hawaii's people. Since 1997, HHPS 3. Production Data: A set of interviews with has also included some form of housing forecast housing producers to enhance understanding to support planning for housing development of issues related to housing development and across the State. Over the years, individual a review of County data on scheduled iterations of the HHPS have investigated specific housing unit production aimed at developing topics of interest to Hawaii's housing reliable estimates of short-run housing development community, some of which have production. remained as part of succeeding studies and some that have been replaced by issues of 4. Housing for Special Needs Groups Study: greater interest to planners and developers. In This study included a set of stakeholder 2011, the attention of HHPS stakeholders interviews with persons who work with expanded to include a greater interest in special needs groups and understand their alternative housing production procedures, the housing needs, as well as hard data on the interfaces between housing and transportation, special needs populations, including their and housing for special needs groups. numbers, housing needs, available housing units, and future prospects. METHODS 5. Housing Demand Survey: A statewide survey of more than 5,000 households to The HHPS 2011 utilizes data from six data measure current housing conditions, collection and analysis sources: expectations to move to a new unit, new unit preferences, financial qualifications for 1. Housing Stock Inventory: An inventory of all purchase or rent, and demographic housing units in the State at the end of 2010. characteristics of household members. In 2011, the inventory was expanded to include U.S. Decennial Census data and 6. Hawaii Housing Model: Changes made to data taken from the American Community the Model included updates to Hawai'i Survey (ACS)'. Inventory data are the housing conditions, prices, and sales in order foundation for counting and describing to permit forecasting of housing unit needs housing stock and are fundamental to the by income group through the year 2030. Hawaii Housing Model. Each of these project elements is described in detail in the HHPS 2011 Technical Report. For those unfamiliar with the American Community In 2011, the study team also reviewed housing Survey, an excellent description appears on the U.S. plans and production, government spending on Census website housing, and comparisons with housing data in htto://www.census.gov/acs/www/about the survey/ame other states and municipalities. rican community survey/ Hawaii Housing Planning Study,2011 Page 1 0 SMS, Inc. November,2011