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Council approves $1.1 million in fee waivers for Garden Springs Habitat pilot amid neighborhood pushback
Summary
Fort Worth City Council approved up to $1,099,132 in development-fee waivers to support Garden Springs, an 88-home Trinity Habitat for Humanity project, prompting debate over infrastructure, neighborhood impacts and long-term affordability safeguards.
Fort Worth City Council voted on Oct. 21, 2025, to authorize up to $1,099,132 in development-fee waivers for the Garden Springs affordable-homeownership project under the city’s housing affordability incentives pilot. Trinity Habitat for Humanity will use the waivers to reduce development costs on an 88-home project intended to expand homeownership opportunities for moderate- to low-income working families.
The item drew vocal opposition during public comment. Neighbors raised concerns that fee waivers shift infrastructure and service costs to existing taxpayers and argued that schools, sidewalks and other public resources…
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