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The HART project is an award-winning research group that works toward evidence and data-based solutions to Canada’s housing crisis.

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New Report: How can we expand the supply of housing on public land in Canada?

New Tool: supporting communities with federal needs assessments

Use the Federal HNA Template

Identifying and addressing affordable housing need across Canada

The Housing Assessment Resource Project

Learn about our approaches to measuring housing need, identifying well-located public land for non-profit housing, and preserving existing affordability through acquisitions.

Our Tools

Our research is evidence-based and equity-focused, working with the most reliable datasets widely available in Canada. Learn about our tools and our methodologies below.

Housing Needs Assessment Tool

A census-based tool that measures core housing need and affordable shelter costs by income category, household size, and priority populations. Our methods help governments to set effective housing targets that will lift Canadians out of chronic housing need and homelessness.

How much housing do we need?

Land Assessment Tool

A mapping tool that assesses suitable public land for non-profit affordable housing, based on proximity to key services and amenities. It supports governments to effectively use land, including housing on top (of libraries, health centres etc.) to maximize deeply affordable homes.

Where can we build it?

Property Acquisitions Tool

A set of policy-based tools that help prevent the loss of existing affordable housing to redevelopment. The tools include a policy map of acquisition policies globally, a report on property acquisitions, and six handy How-To Guides, supporting governments, non-profits, and community land trusts to acquire and preserve affordability across Canada.

How do we preserve affordability?

Federal Housing Needs Assessment Template

This HNA Template, developed in collaboration with Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), is meant to support communities across Canada to satisfy the requirements of federal funding programs, like the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), the Canada Community Building Fund (CCBF), and the Permanent Transit Fund.

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BC Housing Needs Report Calculator

This calculator has automated the overwhelming majority of provincial requirements for the BC Housing Needs Report, meaning communities in BC can focus on providing meaningful insight into their communities, not on procedural numbers and calculations.

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The first source of updates on research, events, articles, publications, and other activity from the HART team.

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Government Partners and Advisors

After our initial prototype in Kelowna, we expanded our work to 13 partner governments to test and further develop the HART tools. These partners have been vital to the development of the HART project.

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