$6 Million Saved. 73% of Canada’s Largest Cities Using Our Tools. One Remarkable Year. The 2024-2025 HART Impact Report is here—and the results speak for themselves.
What $6 Million in Savings Actually Means
While HART’s free housing data tools saved Canadian taxpayers over $6 million this year, that number only tells part of the story.
Behind those savings are 160+ BC communities that didn’t have to hire expensive consultants. 115+ municipalities that could finally afford to apply for federal funding. Thousands of hours of staff time redirected from data crunching to actually solving housing problems.
And the ripple effects? Our research and advocacy directly influenced $16 billion in new housing investments across Canada—from the federal Public Lands for Homes Plan to BC’s Homes for People program.
Dive into the full reportFrom University Research to National Infrastructure
Just three years ago, HART was a small, startup university research project. Today, we’re the backbone of housing policy for communities coast to coast to coast.
73% of Canada’s largest cities now cite HART in their official housing reports. Vancouver calls us the foundation of their Housing Needs Report. Kelowna and Edmonton credit our methodology for shaping their policy-making.
Why? Because we make the complex simple—and we make it free.
The Tools Changing Canadian Housing Policy
→ BC Housing Needs Report Calculator: $2.7M saved across 160 governments
→ Federal Housing Needs Assessment Template: $1.7M saved, with communities reporting 4.7 months of staff time recovered per project
→ Land Assessment Tool: Over 425,000 potential homes identified on public land in just 10 cities
Each tool was built to solve a real problem: the astronomical cost of basic housing data analysis that kept smaller communities locked out of evidence-based planning.
See exactly how communities are using HART →
What’s Next: The 2026 Census Game-Changer
The 2026 Census will be the most significant housing data release this century. Unlike 2021’s pandemic-distorted numbers, it will reveal the true state of Canada’s housing crisis and show whether billions in government investments are actually working.
HART is preparing to meet this moment with an integrated national dashboard—one unified platform bringing together all our assessment tools, translated into French, and accessible to every Canadian community.
Discover our vision for 2026 and beyond →
The Bottom Line
HART costs less to operate annually than the price of a single Toronto apartment. Yet we’re supporting housing analysis for communities representing millions of Canadians, saving governments millions of dollars, and providing the data foundation for billions in housing investments.
That’s not just return on investment. That’s transformation.
Read the complete 2024-2025 Impact Report to see the full scope of HART’s work—from our public land mapping initiatives to our groundbreaking research on tenant displacement and transit-oriented development.
Questions? Reach out at contact@hart.ubc.ca or connect with us at @ubchart
