Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART)
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An award-winning research group that works toward evidence and data-based solutions to Canada’s housing crisis. https://hart.ubc.ca
What is being glossed over by this gov is that of all the homes Ontario needs, over 500k must cost less than $1,800 per month, almost $500pm less than the current average asking price. If ON isn't going to build affordable #housing, how do they propose those homes will appear, and on what timeline?
January 15, 2026 at 5:03 PM
What is being glossed over by this gov is that of all the homes Ontario needs, over 500k must cost less than $1,800 per month, almost $500pm less than the current average asking price. If ON isn't going to build affordable #housing, how do they propose those homes will appear, and on what timeline?
Despite the abysmal data landscape around evictions, researchers are finding more and more disturbing trends about evictions, which prompts the question, why isn't the government collecting more data about landlords, #evictions, and the state of rental #housing?
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Despite the abysmal data landscape around evictions, researchers are finding more and more disturbing trends about evictions, which prompts the question, why isn't the government collecting more data about landlords, #evictions, and the state of rental #housing?
🛠️ Create incentives to stimulate construction and disincentives to limit land speculation to overcome high cost and global supply chain challenges.
For more details and the full suite of solutions, read our (beautiful) report:
buff.ly/E37DYns 3/3
For more details and the full suite of solutions, read our (beautiful) report:
buff.ly/E37DYns 3/3
Expanding the supply of Housing on Public Land: Solutions Report
The “Workshops to Expand Housing Supply on Public Land in Canada” project is one of the largest qualitative research projects of senior housing stakeholders in the country.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
🛠️ Create incentives to stimulate construction and disincentives to limit land speculation to overcome high cost and global supply chain challenges.
For more details and the full suite of solutions, read our (beautiful) report:
buff.ly/E37DYns 3/3
For more details and the full suite of solutions, read our (beautiful) report:
buff.ly/E37DYns 3/3
❓ Decrease risk for developers to curb an increasingly volatile development market and encourage housing development.
⏱️ Prioritize streamlining of the municipal approvals process for housing development across departments.
💲 Increase capacity and support for the non-market sector.
2/3
⏱️ Prioritize streamlining of the municipal approvals process for housing development across departments.
💲 Increase capacity and support for the non-market sector.
2/3
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
❓ Decrease risk for developers to curb an increasingly volatile development market and encourage housing development.
⏱️ Prioritize streamlining of the municipal approvals process for housing development across departments.
💲 Increase capacity and support for the non-market sector.
2/3
⏱️ Prioritize streamlining of the municipal approvals process for housing development across departments.
💲 Increase capacity and support for the non-market sector.
2/3
What does this mean for housing policy? It points to the need for:
1. Greater tenure security and more non-profit housing options
2. Repair and retrofit programs
3. Accessible and adaptable housing.
Read the full report: buff.ly/k5aJr65
1. Greater tenure security and more non-profit housing options
2. Repair and retrofit programs
3. Accessible and adaptable housing.
Read the full report: buff.ly/k5aJr65
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
What does this mean for housing policy? It points to the need for:
1. Greater tenure security and more non-profit housing options
2. Repair and retrofit programs
3. Accessible and adaptable housing.
Read the full report: buff.ly/k5aJr65
1. Greater tenure security and more non-profit housing options
2. Repair and retrofit programs
3. Accessible and adaptable housing.
Read the full report: buff.ly/k5aJr65