Advocacy Efforts to Challenge Impact Fees

Land Development
Contacts: Nicholas Julian
[email protected]
Senior Program Manager, Land Use
(202) 266-8309

Karl Eckhart
[email protected]
VP, State & Local Government Affairs
(202) 266-8319

Impact fees are not the most appropriate source of funding for most public facilities and infrastructure. Nor are they the best development exaction in all instances. Local practitioners are in the best position to assess the priority of impact fees in comparison with other financing tools. Yet, impact fees are used increasingly because they are politically feasible.

Members can utilize the following resources to help challenge these fees.

NAHB Resources

  • State and Local Issues Fund

    NAHB’s State and Local Issues Fund has helped HBAs develop innovative alternatives to impact fees, evaluate voter sentiment, and increase advocacy efforts.

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    Case Law

    External website listing cases in which impact fees have been challenged.

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