A guide to impact fees and housing affordability / by Arthur C. Nelson ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Greg Burge ... [et al.]. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2008. - xx, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-285) and index.

Impact fees-past, present, and future -- Basic elements of impact fees -- Legal foundations -- Impact fees in relation to housing prices and affordable housing supply -- The relationship among impact fees, planning, and exactions -- Equity and proportionate-share principles applied to impact fees -- Capital facility and infrastructure financing options -- The role of the state -- Designing impact fees to address housing affordability -- Case studies of proportionate-share residential impact fees -- Affordable housing impact fee relief programs -- Expanding the base to advance housing affordability -- Impact fees and housing affordability in the next generation.

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Impact fees--United States.
Housing--Finance--Government policy--United States.