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State Data Overview
Across Hawai'i, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Hawaii
Key Facts
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38,133 OR 20%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-25,143
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$35,450
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$102,702
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 94 hours per week or 2.4 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 123 hours per week or 3.1 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Urban Honolulu MSA $50.81 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina HMFA $50.46 Kalawao County HMFA $47.92 Kauai County $44.85 Hawaii County $39.92 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $22.41 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $18.83 Retail Salespersons $18.68 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $18.63 Fast Food and Counter Workers $17.42 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Zenayah Roaché
State PartnersHawai’i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice
733 Bishop Street, Suite 1180
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-587-7605
Hiappleseed.orgGavin Thornton
Executive Director
[email protected]Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved.
Hawai'i will subgrant 50% of its HTF allocation each year to the City and County of Honolulu. The remaining 50% will be subgranted to neighbor island counties on a rotating basis, as the state has done in the past with its HOME program allocations. In FY16, the County of Kauai received 50% of Hawaii’s HTF allocation. In FY17, the County of Maui is to receive 50%. Subgrantees such as Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui must have their own local HTF Allocation Plan.
Current Year HTF Allocation$3,744,423
HTF State Resources2020
Annual Action Plan Information Package (PDF)
2019
Final Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on pages 87-95 and 115-117 (PDF)
HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2018
HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Final Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on pages 79-87 and 109 (PDF)
2017
HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 69 (PDF)
Substantial Amendment #1, Kaiwahine Village Phase II, Maui (PDF)
Substantial Amendment #2, Hale Makana o Maili and Queen Emma Tower, Honolulu (PDF)
2016
HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 77 (PDF)
Subgrantees
Kaua’i
2018
Annual Action Plan (revised Oct 2018) with HTF Allocation Plan on page 55 (PDF)
2016
Site Blessing for Koa’e Makana project (PDF)
HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
HTF Application (PDF)
Honolulu
2019
Draft Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 198 (PDF)
Annual Action Plan (revised Oct 2018) with HTF Allocation Plan on page 55 (PDF)
2018
Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 108 (PDF)
2017
Draft Amended Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 103 (PDF)
2016
HUD’s critique (PDF)
Maui
2019
Draft Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 65 (PDF)
2018
Final Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 61 (PDF)
2017
Amended Final Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 64 (PDF)
County of Hawaii
2019
Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on pages 53-61 (PDF)
2018
Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on pages 52-55 and 173-180 (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Hawaii Housing Finance & Development CorporationOfficial Directly Involved with HTF Implementation
Danielle Guthrie
Housing Finance Specialist II
808-587-0579
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
National Housing Trust Fund
Annual Action Plans (scroll down past "Other")Subgrantees
Honolulu
Gailene Wong
Community-Based Development Division
Department of Community Services
City & County of Honolulu
Direct: 808-768-5480
Main: 808-768-7762
[email protected]Kaua'i
Adam P. Roversi
Director
Kaua‘i County Housing Agency
808-241-4444
[email protected]Steve Franco
Housing Development Coordinator
808-241-4444
[email protected]City Entity Webpage
Housing AgencyNHTF-specific Pages
Housing and Community Development
Annual Action PlansCounty of Hawaii
Brandi Ah Yo
808-961-8379Susan Kunz
Housing Administrator
Office of Housing and Community
DevelopmentBeryl Manliguis
Housing and Community Development
Specialist
808-961-8379
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
Housing Trust Fund (HTF)Maui
Regina Freeman
HOME & HTF Program Specialist
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
Housing Trust Fund (HTF)
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Hawai'i (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Hawai'i (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Hawaii and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Hawaii and Nationwide
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