Since January 2019, a pro-bono civic-tech team of planners, architects, technology and social-analytics volunteers have operated the FREE website HousingNowTO.com to make it easier for Canadians to understand the details of each of the eleven proposed affordable-housing development-sites, and track the progress on the creation new "Housing Now" rental-units on surplus government lands. Learn from a real-world success story on how open-data and simple user-experience can help government agencies and the public achieve better policy outcomes for residents.