Session: Impact Fees and Housing Affordability

April 1, 10:15 AM

Arthur C. Nelson, FAICP
Virginia Tech / Alexandria Center

Other papers from this session: Impact Fees and Housing Affordability

Developers frequently don the mantle of advocates for the poor and first-time homebuyers when impact fees are under consideration. Yet little is understood about the effects of impact fees on housing affordability. This presentation makes the case that impact fees actually sustain economic development.

Impact of Impact Fees

Author and Copyright Information

Dr. Arthur C. Nelson, FAICP
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Virginia Tech / Alexandria Center
acn@vt.edu