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title: ""Oakland passed an impact fee on new residential developments three…"
date: 2019-12-13
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# "Oakland passed an impact fee on new residential developments three…

*December 13, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://sfist.com/2019/12/12/oaklands-sweeping-affordable-housing-plan-has-produced-zero-units-in-three-years/](https://sfist.com/2019/12/12/oaklands-sweeping-affordable-housing-plan-has-produced-zero-units-in-three-years/){target="_blank"}
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\"Oakland passed an impact fee on new residential developments three years ago to jump-start the city's construction of affordable housing. But little has happened since then.\
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The city has collected just under \$9 million in fees and distributed \$4.8 million to help fund about 160 new affordable units --- none of which are yet under construction. Oakland has not approved any new projects that have applied for funds from the fees since 2017.\
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When the measure was enacted in 2016, the city forecast it would collect close to \$65 million in fees over 10 years.\"\
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Critics, including current City Council members, say collections are running far behind what they anticipated, and they have grown frustrated. Some advocates and developers say that the city should have collected close to \$20 million into its impact fee fund.\
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"We have been asking these questions for a year and not getting answers --- so we don't know if it is a failure to collect, being expended improperly or if the fund(s) are sitting somewhere, but not being tracked," said Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan.\"
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