Entries for 'UHERO'

... Housing Choice Vouchers–commonly known as Section 8–help about 12,000 Hawaiʻi households, roughly 7% of the state’s renters ....

... In 2016, Auckland, in Aotearoa New Zealand, up-zoned ~75% of the city. As a result, permits went up ~80%, and after six years, rents were 22% lower than they otherwise would have been ....

...Of those displaced from both their home and West Maui in early 2025, about one in six have returned to West Maui but not yet to their home....

...Participants living in temporary housing declined from 40.6% to 34.4%....

... UHERO projects visitor arrivals will grow about 2% this year before slowing sharply in 2027 ....

... UHERO Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook 2026, fourth edition -- offering detailed analysis of the state’s housing market ....

"... This is harder than it seems ...."

...the extraordinary losses from the 2023 wildfires in Lahaina and Kula continue to dampen tourist numbers....

... A single new condominium tower in Honolulu may have opened up hundreds of additional housing opportunities across Oʻahu ....

...For 23 of the past 25 years, more residents have left Hawaiʻi for the continent than have arrived....

... Japan’s downturn hit Hawaiʻi harder than almost anywhere else ....

... Tourism has stabilized ....

... “left-behind places” share a common pattern: a dominant industry stops growing, productivity stalls, and incomes stagnate ....

... Hawaiʻi’s wages and productivity have lagged the rest of the country for more than three decades, placing the state among the most economically distressed in the U.S. ....

... A tourism downturn is now underway, and job losses will occur in a number of sectors in 2026 ....

... We identify prior addresses and follow vacancy chains across multiple rounds of moves ....

... Fewer than half of disabled residents have secured permanent housing ....

... ENV’s role as a local engine of employment and income ....

... Interviewees cited recruitment and retention challenges driven by low salaries and slow hiring processes ....

... visitor numbers are down, job growth has stalled, and housing activity remains weak ....