Business & Economics, Personal Finance

Guide to Impact Fees and Housing Affordability

Name: Guide to Impact Fees and Housing Affordability
Author: Arthur C. Nelson
ISBN: 9781597264143

by Arthur C. Nelson, Julian C. Juergensmeyer, James C. Nicholas, Liza K. Bowles

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Synopsis

The purpose of this guidebook is to help practitioners design impact fees that are equitable. It demonstrates exactly how a fair impact fee program can be designed and implemented. In addition, it includes information on the history of impact fees, discusses alternatives to impact fees, and summarizes state legislation that can influence the design of local fee programs. Case studies provide useful illustrations of successful programs.

About the Author, Arthur C. Nelson

Arthur C. Nelson, FAICP, the lead author, is director of the Metropolitan Institute and professor of urban affairs and planning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Liza K. Bowles is the general manager of Newport Partners LLC based in Davidsonville, Maryland.

Julian C. Juergensmeyer is professor of law and Ben F. Johnson Jr., Chair in Law at the Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.

James C. Nicholas is emeritus professor of urban and regional planning and affiliate professor of law at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.