Search Results for: Infrastructure and Housing
Video | 2021
Inclusionary Zoning: Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Toronto
Jenny Schuetz, Fei Li, Deanna Chorney, Jeanhy Shim, Susannah Bunce
Toronto’s Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) policy will go before City Council this year. The IZ tool has produced new affordable housing by compelling developers to set aside a portion of their new housing units as affordable housing in the US and the UK. In this video, we learn what lessons can help inform the implementation of IZ in Toronto.
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Perspectives Paper | 2020
From the Top Down: The Governance of Urban Development in Mexico
Alejandra Reyes
This paper describes the experience of some of Mexico’s largest cities in implementing nationally mandated urban growth policies, in particular the top-down nature of these new policies and the lack of local consultation in their implementation.
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Video | 2019
Engagement to Action: Improving Policy Outcomes Through Better Consultation
In this video, experts from different sectors discuss the role of public consultation in policy development within the context of increasing polarization and erosion of trust.
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Perspectives Paper | 2019
Property Taxes in Canada: Current Issues and Future Prospects
Harry Kitchen, Enid Slack, and Tomas Hachard
This paper examines the current state of property tax policy across Canada and finds that municipalities and provinces are facing a number of shared challenges and questions, including: whether to apply progressive property tax rates, the volatility of property taxes, the benefits and drawbacks of using property tax incentives to attract businesses, and the role of provincial property taxes
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Presentation | 2019
The 8th Annual IMFG Toronto City Manager’s Address
Chris Murray
To tackle our modern challenges – population growth and changing demographics, climate change, aging infrastructure, congestion, and poverty – Toronto and the region‘s success decades from now will hinge on how we work together.
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Presentation | 2019
From the Top Down: The Governance of Urban Development in Mexico
This presentation by 2018-19 IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Alejandra Reyes highlights the experience of some of Mexico’s largest cities in the implementation of nationally mandated urban growth policies.
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Presentation | 2019
Steering Low-Carbon Growth in Emerging African Cities: Insights from Dar es Salaam
Chibulu Luo
This presentation by Chibulu Luo, a 2018-19 IMFG Graduate Fellow, explores three key questions: What role do African cities and municipal governments play in producing low-carbon urban growth? Which institutions or governing bodies should take the lead, and why? And what are the opportunities to scale up investments to finance sustainable technologies and infrastructure?
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Presentation | 2019
Sharing the Costs of a Growing City: The Case for Development Charges
Adam Found
New development is essential to supporting a growing city but it also leads to added costs for municipal governments. New housing developments often require new or expanded infrastructure, including roads, sewers, and water treatment plants.
There is ongoing debate on how cities should pay for this growth-related capital. Some argue that user fees and property tax revenues are sufficient to cover these costs, and that development charges on developers will likely result in increased housing prices.
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