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UrbanSim Scenario Modeler Helps Canadian Governments Assess Policies to Accelerate Housing Supply
Across national, provincial and municipal levels of government, the past few months and weeks have seen a flurry of decisive actions to promote housing affordability for all Canadians through steps to streamline and accelerate housing supply.
UrbanSim Innovation Impacting Access to Affordable Housing
In HUD’s foreword they acknowledged that this research informed a change in the methodology used to calculate Fair Market Rents (FMRs) that was adopted for FY 2023.
Philadelphia vs Kansas City: which model performs better?
Comparing urban model predictive performance in Philadelphia and Kansas City in honor of their appearance in the Super Bowl.
How well do urban models predict the future of cities?
We’re looking forward to feedback as we refine our benchmarking suite to provide a principled way to assess the performance of urban models.
How Useful are Urban Models in 2022?
Seasons greetings! Closing out 2022 with some reflections on how useful urban models are today.