Tag: Linkage Fee

  • Where the Affordable Housing Fee Is Headed Now

    By Andrew Keatts So much for increasing the development fee San Diego charges to help pay for subsidized housing. The City Council increased the fee last fall. Business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce gathered enough signatures to challenge it with a public vote. Facing that prospect, the Council sidestepped a costly public vote…

  • City Council to Consider Raising Fee That Funds Affordable Housing

    By Andrew Keatts The city of San Diego charges developers a fee on new commercial buildings, which it uses to help pay for subsidized housing units in the city. Advocates are asking the City Council to raise the fee on Nov. 4. Since it was implemented in 1990, it’s been called a “linkage fee” –…