WHO KARTO IS FOR
Built for municipal teams
Karto keeps evidence, modelling and costs together from staff analysis through budgets, council and funding advocacy.
WHO USES KARTO
Support the whole team, not one generic user.
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Set a ten-year homelessness baseline. Compare prevention, programs and housing. Test timing, capacity and budget. Connect service planning to housing responses. Support plans, budgets and council discussions.
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Organize modelling assumptions. Update local data without rebuilding the model. Test growth and self-resolution assumptions. Compare scenarios consistently. Support strategy, reporting and funding applications.
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Maintain the housing pipeline. Build thirty-year project pro formas. Compare housing types, unit counts and project timing. Review capital, operating and repair costs. Review the full portfolio.
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Review project and portfolio costs. Test funding, debt, reserves, land and incentives. See thirty-year funding gaps and commitments. Compare project mixes and schedules. Support long-range financial planning.
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Compare clear options. See outcomes, costs and trade-offs. Trace recommendations to their assumptions. Test changing conditions. Advise council and funding partners.
Program teams need outcomes, finance needs costs and leadership needs a defensible plan. Karto supports them all.
ACROSS THE PLANNING CYCLE
Follow the plan from need to funding case.
Understand the need
Bring together the data required for the plan.
Model the response
Test housing supply, homelessness interventions, project mixes and funding scenarios.
Build the financial case
Show what the portfolio delivers, what it costs and the funding gap.
Keep the plan current
Update data and assumptions as conditions change.
FIT
Know when to use Karto.
Karto is designed for organizations that:
See what the housing needs assessment includes, and what Karto costs.
Lead municipal or regional housing and homelessness planning
Model housing need and homelessness together
Compare service, housing, project and funding options
Need reviewable assumptions and results
Update analysis as data, costs and funding change
Build the case for plans, budgets and advocacy
NEXT STEP
Bring a current question to a demo.
We will show you how Karto supports the teams who have to agree on the plan.