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Builders and affordable‑housing advocates clash over fee levels, feasibility and incentives
Summary
Developers, builder trade groups and affordable‑housing advocates debated whether the proposed inclusionary rates and impact fees are financially feasible; smaller builders argued tiered returns and assumed efficiencies unfairly penalize them, while housing groups urged boldness and market testing.
A sustained block of public comment focused on the financial feasibility of the proposed inclusionary requirements and impact fees, with builders and housing advocates offering sharply different readings of the consultant analyses.
Representatives of the Residential Builders Association and several smaller developers urged the commission to provide certainty on fee levels and entitlements. Speakers argued that the feasibility prototypes undercounted real sales commissions and reduced building efficiencies for larger unit mixes, and that a tiered…
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