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Building Industry Magazine - June 2014 - (Page 24)
RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING
Oahu's Shrinking
Middle-Income
Housing Supply
Cranes across Honolulu's skyline are
the talk of the town, but the dearth
of median-income housing is alarming
BY PRISCILLA PÉREZ BILLIG
24 | BUILDING INDUSTRY HAWAII | JUNE 2014
H
onolulu's urban core is abuzz
with building. Luxury residential construction is on the rise. On
Oahu-where more than
70 percent of the state's
1.4 million people live-
it is the middle-income
family that's looking for
a break.
"The price of housing
is not driven by land
costs or construction
costs," says Greg
Thielen, former president
of BIA-Hawaii and
Greg Thielen
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