Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism

Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp. — A consortium of state and county housing agencies released the “2019 Hawaii Housing Planning Study.” Included in the study are data on housing supply, demand, and estimates of housing units needed by levels of affordability.

DBEDT today released a report, “Hawaii Migration Flows: 2013-2017,” which shows that 5 percent or 69,600 Hawaii residents over the age of one-year old were migrants who moved from out-of-state.

Governor's Office — Hawaii Governor David Ige, military dignitaries, legislative leadership and project engineers celebrate the grand opening of the Pacific Energy Assurance and Renewables Laboratory (PEARL) with a Hawaiian blessing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH).

Hawaii State Energy Office — The State of Hawaii has launched a new online mapping tool as part of its Hawaii Brightfields Initiative.

DBEDT raised its economic growth forecast for 2019 by one-tenth of a percentage point from the third quarter forecast to 1.2 percent and kept the growth rates for the next three years unchanged at a range between 1.2 and 1.3 percent.

DBEDT's Creative Industries Division (CID) continues to grow opportunities for Hawaii’s entrepreneurs.

Creative Lab Hawaii, founded by the DBEDT's Creative Industries Division (CID), will host an Indigenous Storytellers Panel and Discussion on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

Hawaii State Energy Office — Hawaii was one of four states selected by the National Governors Association to participate in a state-focused technical assistance project to enhance their experiences in the GridEx V energy security exercise.

Hawaii State Energy Office — Chief Energy Officer Scott Glenn issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s affirmation that he plans to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.

DBEDT today released a report, “Hawaii Consumer Debt Report: 2019 Update,” which shows that total consumer debt increased 2.3 percent for Hawaii consumers between the second quarter of 2018 and the second quarter of 2019.