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May 2023
‘Forever Renters’ – Owning Housing Shares, Not Homes
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.
Find out more »New Revenue Sources for Toronto: Learning from Other Cities
On May 18, 2023, a panel of experts brought examples of different revenue sources used in cities around the world. They told us what works, what doesn’t, and what could be applied to Toronto.
Find out more »Analysing the City of Toronto’s Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Program
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.
Find out more »April 2023
Book launch: Sustainability, Citizen Participation, and City Governance
On April 13, 2023, IMFG held a Toronto book launch to discuss "Sustainability, Citizen Participation, and City Governance" with Hoi L. Kong and Alexandra Flynn
Find out more »January 2023
Making the Case for Regionalism
Don Iveson, former Mayor of Edmonton and Chair of Canada's Big City Mayors’ Caucus, made the case for regionalism on January 17, 2023. He was was joined by Jen Nelles from the Oxford Brooks Business School and Zack Taylor from Western University who discussed ideas around regional coordination and highlighted some of the findings from their research.
Find out more »December 2022
The Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives from Chief Administrative Officers in the GTA
On Tuesday, December 6, 2022, the CAOs of York, Peel and Durham regions outlined their current fiscal situations and provided a fiscal outlook. They explored their region’s COVID-19 response, and set out some future goals, including in the context of complex intergovernmental relationships across the GTA and with the provincial and federal governments.
Find out more »November 2022
Using Green Investment Banks to Finance Low-Carbon Pathways
On November 29, 2022, IMFG Post-doctoral Fellow Robert Stewart discussed how Green Investment Banks can play a role in supporting key municipal investments.
Find out more »October 2022
Strong(er) Mayors: What Difference Will They Make?
On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, our expert panel examined what the “Strong Mayors” policy actually means: what difference will it really make? Is it a sea change or a tempest in a teapot? Will strong mayors actually mean stronger cities?
Find out more »June 2022
Housing and Infrastructure Provision for Informal Settlements: Comparing Accra and Buenos Aires
On June 14, 2022, IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Hsi-Chuan Wang presented his ongoing research on informal settlement policies in two capital cities in the global south: Accra, Ghana, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Both countries experienced significant financial system reform, economic liberation, and far-reaching public sector restructuring in the 1990s. Since that time, Accra and Buenos Aires have taken different approaches to housing and infrastructure provision in informal settlements. The findings suggest that the perceptions and approaches toward low-income residents changed in both places at the national and local levels between the 1980s and 2000s. Moreover, compared with Accra, Buenos Aires has undertaken a wider range of policies and strategies to improve settlements, especially after the economic depression in the early 21st century. This difference in approach can be partly attributed to different governance structures in the two cities.
Find out more »May 2022
Building a Residential Property Tax from Scratch: The Irish Story
On May 25, 2022, IMFG Visiting Scholar Gerard Turley presented on the story of Ireland’s new residential property tax, covering the background and country context, design features, implementation, and reform lessons.
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