Search Results for: Infrastructure and Housing
Presentation | 2024
Real Estate Development Timing in Toronto: Insights from Multi-Residential Development Applications
Keir Matthews-Hunter
The 2023-24 Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellow in Municipal Finance and Governance Keir Matthews-Hunter presented preliminary findings from analysis of approved multi-residential development applications from 2012-2015.
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Presentation | 2024
Rethinking Surplus Land: Three Decades of Municipal Land Sales in the City of Toronto
Sean Grisdale
On June 18, 2024, 2023-24 IMFG Fellow in Municipal Finance and Governance Sean Grisdale provided the first comprehensive summary of housing development outcomes on former city land in Toronto, drawing on almost 30 years of data documenting land sales,
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Video | 2024
Second Annual IMFG Address by Regional CAOs
Gary Kent, Elaine Baxter-Trahair, Erin Mahoney
In this second annual IMFG address, regional Chief Administrative Officers of Durham, York and Peel gave their perspectives on the role and effectiveness of regional governments, and discussed how they are addressing the housing crisis as well as the underlying infrastructure needed to serve it.
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Video | 2023
Development Charges: The case for and against
Adam Found, Ben Dachis
Development charges are currently being debated across Canada. On November 14, 2023, two municipal finance exports explored differing viewpoints on development charges.
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Presentation | 2023
Development charges: The case for and against
Ben Dachis, Adam Found
Development charges are currently being debated across Canada. On November 14, 2023, two municipal finance exports explored differing viewpoints on development charges.
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Presentation | 2023
'Forever Renters' – Owning Housing Shares, Not Homes
Kaela Sanborn-Hum
On May 30, 2023, IMFG graduate fellow Kaela Sanborn-Hum discussed corporate investment in single-family housing after the 2008 financial crisis, with a focus on Roofstock, an Oakland-based proptech startup, and described Roofstock’s strategies to introduce retail investors to the single-family rental market through proprietary technologies.
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Presentation | 2023
Analysing the City of Toronto’s Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Program
Celia Wandio
IMFG graduate fellow Celia Wandio discussed the origins and importance of affordable housing acquisition programs, specifically the City of Toronto’s Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Program.
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Perspectives Paper | 2022
Unbalanced Investments: Accra’s Informal Settlements
Hsi-Chuan Wang
New IMFG paper examines how Accra, Ghana has invested in informal settlements through the distribution of drainage projects.
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Inside Halton: Enid Slack on the Vacant Home Tax
September 6, 2024
Journal of Commerce: Aaron Moore on Winnipeg development
August 14, 2024
Globe and Mail: Sean Grisdale on the “Squandering” of Public Land Sales
June 7, 2024