# Blog

## [UrbanSim Scenario Modeler Helps Canadian Governments Assess Policies to Accelerate Housing Supply](/content/blog/canada-housing-affordability/index.html)

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](/content/blog/hud-fmr-methods/index.html)

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?](/content/blog/benchmarking-models-super-bowl-edition/index.html)

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?](/content/blog/benchmarking-model-accuracy-t6f9g/index.html)

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?](/content/blog/how-useful-are-urban-models-in-2022/index.html)

Seasons greetings! Closing out 2022 with some reflections on how useful urban models are today.