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Hawaii

Summary

Hawaii state is facing an acute affordable housing crisis. For every 100 low-income renter households, there are 53 units available that are affordable to them. The median rent in the state has risen by 39% since 2010, while median household incomes have grown by 37%. Currently, the state is short over 21,775 low-income housing units, meaning rental units that are affordable to households earning ≤60% of AMI.

39.0% share of renter households
40.9% share of low-income households
51.0% share of rent-burdened households

Renter population data

Renters vs homeowners

Households % share
Renter households 186,599 (39.0%)
Homeowner households 291,814 (61.0%)
Total households 478,413 (100.0%)

Low-income renter households

Income Group Households % share
Extremely low-income (≤30% AMI) 27,212 14.6%
Very low-income (31-50% AMI) 19,316 10.4%
Low-income (51-80% AMI) 29,863 16.0%
All low-income households (<80% AMI) 76,391 40.9%

Rent-burdened households

Households % share
Moderately rent-burdened 46,969 (25.2%)
30.0–34.9% 16,665 (8.9%)
35.0–39.9% 12,473 (6.7%)
40.0-49.9% 17,831 (9.6%)
Severely rent-burdened 48,164 (25.8%)
≥50.0% 48,164 (25.8%)
All rent-burdened households 95,133 (51.0%)

Affordable housing shortage

Category Amount ($)
Median household income (2010) 46,425
Median household income (2021) 63,567
Increase (2010–2021) 36.9%
Median rent (2010) 1,143
Median rent (2021) 1,591
Increase (2010–2021) 39.2%
Units Quantity
Supply (current stock) 24,753
Demand (total units needed) 46,528
Shortage 21,775
Supply/Demand ratio 53.2%

Finance institutions

Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation

Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation
677 Queen Street, Suite 300
Honolulu, HI 96813-5176

List of loan programs

QAP document (Qualified Allocation Plan)

The QAP is a document that states, and a few local agencies, must develop in order to distribute federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs), which can be awarded only to a building that fits the QAP’s priorities and criteria. The priorities must be appropriate to local conditions.

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Shortage statistics for ELI & VLI renters

List of counties

Name Households % share Households % share Households % share Shortage of units S&D ratio
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