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Church Street's NationBuilder

In just five months, 850+ residents engaged as Westminster’s Church Street team shifted from spreadsheets to real-time, data-driven engagement to build affordable homes in the community.

London
2025
housing

Code encounters: algorithmic risk-profiling in housing

Academic research project on algorithmic risk assessments mediating access to private renting, social housing, mortgages.

UK
housing

RealPage

Algorithmic rent-price setting company

USA
housing

Taxem! Casas Vazias

taxem é um movimento que propõe uma mudança drástica na fiscalidade da habitação em Portugal, nomeadamente nas zonas urbanas, onde actualmente os preços da habitação estão incomportáveis para quem ganhe salários típicos de Portugal.

Lisbon
housing

Devolutos

Devolutos is a pro-bono project built by a collective of activists to map Lisbon's empty housing and encourage the government to tax their owners to prompt redevelopment.

Lisbon
2025
housing

Planning and housing data in England

Official government portal for open planning and housing data

UK
housing

GOV.UK document digitization tool

A new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5 million homes.

UK
2025
housing, land

Miami Affordability Project (MAP)

The Miami Affordability Project (MAP) is an interactive online map providing data on the distribution of affordable housing, housing needs, demographic profiles, and environmental resiliency in greater Miami.

Miami, FL
2020
city, housing, Sustainable cities and communities

Hey Neighbour Collective

Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) is a collective impact project that brings together housing providers, researchers, local and regional governments, housing associations and health authorities to experiment with and learn about ways of effectively building community, social connectedness and resilience in B.C.’s fast-growing vertical communities.

Burnaby, Canada
buildings, social isolation, city, housing, Sustainable cities and communities