Stalled Building Permits

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

1,115,493

Open 5+ Years

499,427

Open 10+ Years

2,265,283

Total Open Permits

Most Stalled Permits

Boston

223,609 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	223,609	124,383	255,869	269,787	74.4%	300,415
2	Fort Worth	TX	145,957	98,030	171,515	184,844	64.4%	226,653
3	San Diego	CA	100,482	100,482	100,482	100,482	100%	100,482
4	Columbus	OH	88,831	42,277	117,197	130,242	53.9%	164,790
5	San Francisco	CA	86,670	128	107,047	119,333	61%	142,060
6	New Orleans	LA	80,617	55,849	90,094	94,354	76.3%	105,716
7	New York City	NY	63,638	0	116,245	148,462	22.7%	280,349
8	Austin	TX	61,098	28,143	76,381	83,407	53%	115,289
9	Philadelphia	PA	50,269	16,176	68,276	77,335	46%	109,290
10	Washington, D.C.	DC	50,089	0	99,759	127,795	25.9%	193,566
11	Mesa	AZ	26,056	1,306	34,710	38,613	58.4%	44,594
12	Henderson	NV	20,429	0	31,060	36,831	42%	48,657
13	Scottsdale	AZ	18,832	14,805	20,921	21,879	78%	24,143
14	Los Angeles	CA	13,608	0	36,075	49,269	14.2%	96,156
15	Cleveland	OH	13,097	2,260	18,463	21,746	39.6%	33,063
16	Seattle	WA	10,420	2,979	13,138	14,448	50.2%	20,739
17	Honolulu	HI	10,377	2,877	15,104	19,305	39.7%	26,117
18	Cincinnati	OH	8,071	3,145	11,006	12,940	39.4%	20,474
19	Norfolk	VA	7,352	312	10,151	11,470	42.9%	17,122
20	Chicago	IL	6,291	1,898	14,919	17,780	14.8%	42,497
21	Elk Grove	CA	5,768	2,658	6,274	6,486	64.3%	8,974
22	Little Rock	AR	5,561	0	10,218	11,930	32.8%	16,975
23	Pittsburgh	PA	5,329	0	9,570	11,713	27.3%	19,525
24	Wilmington	NC	5,073	662	5,461	5,643	50.7%	10,011
25	Raleigh	NC	3,234	824	3,284	3,369	46.3%	6,981
26	Worcester	MA	1,957	35	6,748	9,481	13.7%	14,250
27	Orlando	FL	1,580	0	4,397	6,014	8.7%	18,101
28	Miami	FL	822	177	1,675	2,795	4.3%	18,973
29	Cary	NC	288	0	2,408	3,887	3.1%	9,333
30	Tacoma	WA	55	4	225	711	1.5%	3,600
31	Anaheim	CA	26	17	72	234	0.9%	2,773
32	Minneapolis	MN	6	0	99	646	0.1%	7,510
33	Greensboro	NC	1	0	57	144	0%	2,982
34	Atlanta	GA	0	0	2,260	4,860	0%	5,155
35	Cape Coral	FL	0	0	0	0	0%	7,968

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.