A guide to impact fees and housing affordability - Nelson, Arthur C. (Washington, DC : Island Press, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-285) and index.
Keywords: Impact fees -- United States; Housing -- Finance -- Government policy -- United States