New data confirms housing in Lā‘ie is overcrowded
Civil Beat (subscription required) reported this week on “new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau” that show what the people in this video are talking about: Lā‘ie is in a severe housing crisis. Homes in Lā‘ie and Ko‘olau Loa are overcrowded. There is significant pent-up demand from families that need homes now and cannot find them. As BYU-Hawaii grows, housing will be needed for faculty and staff.
The story in Civil Beat reported that “town-by-town data released Tuesday as part of the American Community Survey reveal that Laie has Hawaii’s highest household size — the average home there has 5.37 occupants. That’s more than double the national average of 2.6. And it’s up from 4.47 in 2000 to 5.37 over the five years covered by the survey.”
You can read more details from the survey for both Laie and Ko‘olau Loa on the US Census Bureau’s web site.
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