MOI-linked reporting put the low-use housing rate at 9.79%, the highest since 2008.
Taiwan’s low-use housing count turns the vacancy problem into a national inventory number. The second-half 2024 count reached 914,196 homes, with a 9.79% vacancy rate and a higher rate than the first half of the year. The metric uses electricity consumption, so it is a practical proxy for homes that exist but are not heavily used.
Source 1: Ministry of the Interior Real Estate Information Platform
Publisher: Ministry of the Interior Real Estate Information Platform
Units: housing units; percent
Source 2: Taipei Times reporting MOI data
Publisher: Taipei Times reporting MOI data
Units: housing units; percent
Low-use homes are often discussed as vacant homes, but the definition is electricity-based and not identical to a census vacancy concept.
Uses MOI-linked low-use housing reporting. Low-use housing is described by the Real Estate Information Platform as a classification using housing-tax registration and Taipower electricity consumption data.
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