The Washington Post, October 11, 2019 : Should Newly Rebuilt Homes Pay Impact Fees? This Montgomery Official Thinks So.
Maryland’s largest jurisdiction has an affordable housing shortage — and according to one local official, a segment of the population has not been contributing its fair share to address it.
Montgomery County Council member Evan Glass (D-At Large) will introduce legislation Tuesday that aims to charge an impact fee on all newly rebuilt single-family homes — also known as “teardowns.”
Glass estimates those fees — which already exist for all newly constructed homes and apartments — will generate $10 million a year, $4.3 million of which he wants to funnel toward affordable housing. The other $5.7 million would go toward school construction.
