City dashboard combines homelessness and housing affordability data

The City of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada has launched a new data dashboard that will be used to inform efforts to meet housing needs and reduce homelessness.

Hamilton’s Housing and Homelessness Dashboard consolidates data about the state of homelessness and access to affordable housing.

While several cities share homelessness data, Hamilton’s initiative aims to create a more detailed picture by providing more comprehensive information in one place.

It includes average market rent; active households on the Access to Housing waitlist and the number that have been housed; inflow and outflow to homelessness; shelter occupancy and bed capacity; the number of individuals experiencing homel...