Impact Fees

These resources provide in-depth information on various legal and policy issues surrounding the use of impact fees. Resources include books, PowerPoint presentations, articles, and studies describing the negative consequences of imposing impact fees. Additional resources provide detailed information on how to best battle back the fees on arguments of tax vs. fee, equity arguments, and the inadequacy of impact fees.

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11/16/2009 		PDF
Home building generates income and jobs for local residents, as well as revenue for local governments. Home building also imposes costs on local governments that supply education, police and fire protection, and other public services to support the new homes. NAHB has developed …
7/1/2009 		Web page
As an additional resource for local and state home builder associations, NAHB undertook a research project in the summer of 2008 to find additional school finance solutions. New school construction and expansion is a huge issue for growing communities, and NAHB sought out viable alternatives …
11/6/2008 		Web page
Impact fee handbook updated 2008
9/12/2008 		PDF
The Impact Fees Handbook, available immediately to you as a PDF document, is a must read for any member of the building industry who needs to understand and respond to local impact fee initiatives. This is the second update since its original publication in the 1980s, with the last one being in …
2008 		PDF
2/14/2006 		External Link
Introduction The spending of money to construct capital facilities is one of the most important and powerful means of implementing a local comprehensive plan. The timing, location, intensity, and quality of growth is closely linked to and indeed controlled by decisions affecting the …
1/25/2006 		Web page
A NAHB Land Development magazine article assesses the common infrastructure financing growth debate that is playing out all over the country.
1/24/2006 		PDF
Impact Fees
1/24/2006 		External Link