Report: Hawaii Housing Deficit Increases 98% Since 2012
Washington, DC – Up for Growth, a cross-sector member network committed to solving the nation’s housing shortage and affordability crisis through data-driven research and evidence-based policy, today released a groundbreaking report that finds housing underproduction in Hawaii has reached 7,644 homes, an increase of 98 percent since 2012, ranking the state 40th in the United States in terms of the severity of its housing deficit.
“With new data and clear details, this report lays out what we’ve all known: we need to build more housing,” said U.S. Senator Brian Schatz. “Exclusionary local zoning laws and NIMBYism, among other reasons, have led to a severe shortage in housing, leaving many people in Hawai‘i and across the U.S. without an affordable place to live. We can and must do more to overcome these barriers.”
