For government staff and elected officials: the BCPLM shows every level of public land sitting in your jurisdiction. Federal, provincial, regional, institutional, municipal. Together, in one view. (1/2)

For non-profit housing providers: the BCPLM compresses weeks of "who owns it, is it serviced, what's the zoning" into one map. Due diligence stops being a part-time job. Tuesday June 30: buff.ly/DByC7pV #housing

Rural, Northern and Indigenous communities are routinely excluded from the data driving BC's land-based housing decisions. The BCPLM is built province-wide. Tuesday June 30: buff.ly/ccabm74 #housing

A mandated, transparent inventory of BC's public land, kept current and open to every level of government, would be one of the highest-leverage housing actions the province could take. Lit review rec #1: buff.ly/THVJ64w #housing

The BC Public Lands Map is funded by @cmhc_ca through the National Housing Strategy's Demonstrations Initiative. It's been shaped by our advisory committee of housing partners across BC. (1/2)

Most BC non-profit housing providers have had this experience: months of scoping a site, only to find it's not viable. Wrong zoning; slope; environmental constraints; a regulatory layer nobody flagged. (1/2)

Why doesn't BC already have a map of its public land? It does, in pieces. Scattered across a dozen+ systems that don't talk to each other. The BCPLM stitches it together. Tuesday June 30: buff.ly/ccabm74 #bcpoli #housing

All the land in the world doesn't help if there's no infrastructure servicing. The BCPLM assesses infrastructure access at the parcel level. Differentiate between promising and shovel-ready. Tuesday June 30: buff.ly/ccabm74 #housing

Land Use report: a comprehensive review of the laws, policies and systems governing public land use in BC, plus 6 low- or no-cost actions that could unlock major non-profit and affordable housing on government-owned land. (1/2)

Ontario court rules clearing a Kitchener encampment would violate residents' Charter rights. Premier Ford calls it "the most ridiculous ruling I've ever seen." Underfunding and restricting affordable and supportive housing for decades is ridiculous.

Pleased to see the @Toronto.ca displaying open data on public land within Transit-Oriented Development areas. Now imagine expanding that map to include all public land (not just ones managed by the City and city agencies within TOA), everywhere in Ontario. buff.ly/ncROyHN

A vacant parcel isn't automatically a good site for housing. Walkability, transit, schools, clinics: these are what determine whether residents can actually live there well. (1/2)

In Vancouver, the cost of land can account for up to 60% of a new building's total price. Using public land for housing pulls that cost out of the equation. But governments can't act on land they can't see. (1/2)

Federal. Provincial. Regional. Municipal. School boards. Health authorities. TransLink. BC's public land is owned by dozens of entities that don't coordinate on housing. The BCPLM puts them on one map. June 30: buff.ly/ccabm74 #housing

Save the date: Tuesday June 30, 10am PT / 1pm ET. We're launching the BC Public Lands Map: a comprehensive map of every piece of publicly-owned land in BC, assessed for housing potential. Register: buff.ly/ccabm74 #bcpoli #housing

UBC Magazine's "The Future of Housing" edition spotlights researchers actively shaping housing policy in Canada. BSH's Alexandra Flynn and Tom Davidoff & @ubchart.bsky.social's Craig Jones are turning evidence-based research into policy-ready tools to help governments respond to real housing need. 🔗

HART has been featured in UBC Magazine's "Future of Housing" edition, highlighting the innovative research happening at UBC, including our upcoming Public Lands Map, modular construction, and sustainability. Read more: magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2026/spring-... #housing #research

🎥We're hosting a screening of Thinking Beyond the Market — Brian Doucet's doc on what genuinely affordable housing looks like in Canada. Followed by a panel discussion including the filmmaker. Mon June 1, 6–9pm. UBC Robson Square. Free. Register here: buff.ly/DnFlFHp

Have you received your #Census yet? If you care about housing affordability, the best source of data for policymakers to understand how housing affordability actually looks for Canadians is the Census, so look for it in your mailbox today!

Most communities in Canada don't have a lot of budget for housing needs assessments. That's why we built one that's free, covers every community in the country, and breaks down need by income, household size, and priority population. Used in every province and territory. hart.ubc.ca #housing

We were delighted to attend the AHMA 30th anniversary celebration last night. AHMA has been a tireless advocate and supporter of Indigenous housing for three decades, and has also been a key partner and advisor of our research since the start. Congratulations on the milestone! To the next 30 🎉

📣 Enregistrement disponible ! Le webinaire « Données, outils et solutions pour débloquer les terres publics pour le logement » organisé par @SCHL_ca CODEL est maintenant en ligne. 🏠 ▶️ buff.ly/OmXKYeT

📣Event recording online! Our most recent webinar "Data, Tools, and Solutions to unlock Public Land for Housing", hosted by CMHC's ECoH, is now available for viewing online. Watch for research on public land and how we can build more housing on it. Watch now: buff.ly/OmXKYeT #housing

You can't set meaningful housing targets without understanding what your community actually needs. Our Housing Needs Assessment Tool covers every community in Canada — by income, household size, and priority populations. Free and census-based. hart.ubc.ca #housing

Congratulations to our Associate Director, Craig Jones, who received the CHRA Leadership Award today at the 2026 National Congress. The award honours individuals who have made a demonstrable impact on the housing and homelessness sector in Canada. #housing #awards

Reporting from Toronto where @moreneighboursto.bsky.social is hosting @housingnowto.bsky.social for an overview of affordable housing and how we can build more. Always a pleasure to see HART data in the wild 🏙️

Asking rents in Saskatoon are up 5.6% since last year, and incomes have only risen 3.1%. The communities that have historically thought themselves insulated from the housing crisis are steadily becoming more expensive. #housing #skpoli

@catch-rehac.bsky.social's new Equitable Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing (ETOAH) Playbook features several policy levers to leverage for cities seeking to develop ETOAH. One of these is Public Land Acquisition, identifying and acquiring land in advance of transit announcements. buff.ly/kHBvptn

The City of Calgary is poised to fully repeal the blanket upzoning brought in by the previous council. In the last census, there were 50k households in CHN. Rents went up nearly 20% between 22-23, and vacancy rates have declined since 2021. buff.ly/Cgo72Rd

We're heading to CHRA Congress in St. John's April 20-22 with a first look at the BC Public Land Map — the most comprehensive map of publicly-owned land in BC.

Ontario's Bill 98 proposes to strip municipalities of the power to enforce local green building standards, including the Toronto Green Standard, one of the most effective municipal tools for reducing building emissions. buff.ly/VFd8z6A #onpoli

Ontario's 2026 housing starts forecast just got revised down again. The Finance Minister says he's no longer focused on the 1.5 million homes target. The province needs ~175,000 starts/year to hit it. They're projecting 64,800 this year. globalnews.ca/news/1174737... #onpoli #housing

New Brunswick just made the largest affordable housing investment in its history. $210M to build 1,200 non-profit homes over two years. Homelessness in the province has risen 210% since 2021 — this was desperately needed. buff.ly/iSWXxRi

At least 73% of Canadian cities use HART to support community planning, reporting, and fundraising. The most important Canadian census in over a decade is being conducted this May, and our tools will be updated as soon as the data is released. 1/2

Housing is a long-term game. Hundreds of thousands of dollars go into projects before the shovels hit the dirt, and funding for non-profit housing is absolutely essential for both individual projects and the country's long-term interests (#housing crisis, anyone?).

Here is a practice in real estate where people buy affordable apartment buildings, where tenants have lived for years (and are subject to rent control), and they attempt to evict through any means possible, so they can charge more in rent to new tenants. buff.ly/SphjOWG They can do this because:

95% of BC's land is publicly owned — yet there's no system to turn it into housing. Our new report identifies the gaps and charts a path forward. Six practical recommendations. Real solutions. Read it here 👇 buff.ly/5XXWM2G #bcpoli #urbanism #housing

CMHC's new Housing Affordability Index is out, here's some key takeaways: 💲 It shows that any improvements that we've seen in rents and home costs over the last several months are not the return to affordability that some have claimed. buff.ly/GF2cUnF

Who is the city for? Our latest blog looks at how housing engagement processes consistently amplify the voices of those who already have secure housing — and sideline the people who need it most. 🏙️ buff.ly/gTYZ7Ao

“The social acceptance of the Broadway Plan, and the pretty major redevelopment that’s going to happen as a result, depends on these policies working as they’re meant to work." @ubchart.bsky.social Dr. Craig Jones comments on Vancouver’s Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy

CMHC's data tracking vacancy rates by rent quartile shows us what many renters experience: higher vacancy rates (and the falling rents that often accompany them) are concentrated in the most expensive units. That means that for the vast majority of people in need, there's no relief. buff.ly/9kUmTLv

Community note: this intersection is a 5 minute walk from a major skytrain station, a main street full of shops, restaurants, and community space, and a mall that would all significantly benefit from the additional residents.

Small, multi-family housing is an absolutely necessary salve to a painful and deepening crisis of housing and affordability. Some municipal governments regularly reject desperately needed housing in their communities because of a deeply lopsided community engagement model. buff.ly/DnNIuI4

"The older areas are carrying the weight of change while suburban residents enjoy the upsides of city life without bearing their share of the burden." buff.ly/X0thUiE

The idea that cities can "solve homelessness" when they routinely prevent reasonable small-scale apartments from being constructed near single-family homes is ridiculous. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

The philosophy "growth pays for growth" completely ignores the facts that 1. EVERYONE benefits from improved infrastructure; 2. Improved infrastructure and amenities could improve property values for existing homes; 3. We have a desperate shortage of housing supply. buff.ly/EwKVKfO

Another reminder that we are allowing people to be evicted into homelessness on a scale that has never been documented before. Getting someone out of homelessness is much harder and more expensive than stopping them from becoming homeless in the first place. buff.ly/BOQf28J #onpoli #canpoli

While inclusionary zoning is not perfect policy, calling affordable housing "unnecessary red tape" seems a bit out of line. Ontario needs to build close to a million homes to get out of a deficit, and every project that pencils out matters, (cont'd) buff.ly/VTykOcD

'He emphasized “there’s nothing illegal” about these practices, but “the rules and the systems we built produce those racialized outcomes that we are documenting through the study.' buff.ly/nYOxRvc

The cost of new #housing is, in large part, a policy decision. The outlined potential changes, even if only enacted temporarily, could reduce the cost of a new build by nearly a quarter million dollars. buff.ly/TZ9hC5U @missingmiddleca.bsky.social @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social