Stalled Building Permits

Construction permits that have been open for years without being closed or finaled.

1,090,607

Open 5+ Years

500,449

Open 10+ Years

2,246,599

Total Open Permits

Most Stalled Permits

Boston

218,901 permits open 5+ years

Highest Stalled Rate

San Diego

100% of open permits are 5+ years old

#	City	State	5yr+↓	10yr+	3yr+	2yr+	Stalled %	Total Open
1	Boston	MA	218,901	118,250	251,995	266,626	73.5%	297,975
2	Fort Worth	TX	142,078	95,456	167,972	179,779	63.1%	225,106
3	San Diego	CA	119,105	119,105	119,105	119,105	100%	119,105
4	San Francisco	CA	89,435	43	109,640	121,084	60.9%	146,919
5	Columbus	OH	84,508	39,979	112,498	126,054	53%	159,536
6	New Orleans	LA	79,478	54,412	88,674	93,124	75.3%	105,534
7	Austin	TX	58,982	26,554	74,485	82,153	52.1%	113,234
8	New York City	NY	57,487	0	109,678	141,756	21.1%	271,843
9	Philadelphia	PA	47,424	15,367	65,898	75,246	44.3%	107,127
10	Washington, D.C.	DC	42,145	0	91,661	119,430	23%	183,312
11	Mesa	AZ	24,563	741	33,555	37,455	55.1%	44,594
12	Henderson	NV	18,623	0	29,412	34,937	38.5%	48,386
13	Scottsdale	AZ	18,509	14,613	20,642	21,619	76%	24,344
14	Cleveland	OH	12,661	1,816	18,289	21,679	37.9%	33,398
15	Los Angeles	CA	11,059	0	32,880	46,206	11.9%	92,813
16	Seattle	WA	10,026	2,606	12,785	14,184	49.2%	20,369
17	Honolulu	HI	9,662	2,659	14,208	17,825	37%	26,117
18	Cincinnati	OH	7,650	2,913	10,681	12,549	38.4%	19,902
19	Norfolk	VA	6,945	9	9,719	11,100	41.8%	16,596
20	Elk Grove	CA	5,500	2,516	6,253	6,306	61.3%	8,974
21	Wilmington	NC	5,123	579	5,532	5,861	49.1%	10,438
22	Little Rock	AR	4,817	0	9,478	11,352	28.4%	16,975
23	Chicago	IL	4,740	1,844	13,621	16,297	12.1%	39,264
24	Pittsburgh	PA	4,567	0	9,012	11,147	24.4%	18,683
25	Raleigh	NC	3,233	786	3,283	3,364	49.9%	6,480
26	Orlando	FL	1,397	0	4,395	5,985	7.7%	18,161
27	Worcester	MA	1,042	35	5,960	8,671	7.1%	14,600
28	Miami	FL	808	147	1,705	2,773	4.4%	18,334
29	Cary	NC	60	0	2,310	3,716	0.7%	9,025
30	Tacoma	WA	48	2	188	485	1.4%	3,369
31	Anaheim	CA	22	17	54	165	0.8%	2,773
32	Minneapolis	MN	8	0	99	476	0.1%	7,013
33	Greensboro	NC	1	0	36	233	0%	3,437
34	Atlanta	GA	0	0	1,758	4,329	0%	5,155
35	Cape Coral	FL	0	0	0	0	0%	7,708

Stalled permits are construction permits that remain open past the indicated number of years since issuance. Stalled % is the share of a city's open permits that have been open 5+ years.