{"id":3,"date":"2026-08-29T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/mahoganyrhodes-com\/2026\/08\/29\/lower-fees-lead-to-more-homes-and-more-revenues\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:00:00","slug":"lower-fees-lead-to-more-homes-and-more-revenues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/29\/lower-fees-lead-to-more-homes-and-more-revenues\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Fees Lead to More Homes and More Revenues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s spent over two decades immersed in the California real estate landscape, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how policy tweaks can shape our communities. Here\u2019s a noteworthy example: even modest reductions in one-time impact fees across California cities could open the door to over 8,300 new homes in Los Angeles and San Diego. The initial revenue dip? It\u2019s recouped within 4\u20137 years, thanks to increased property and sales tax collection as these homes come online. This isn\u2019t just a win for housing supply\u2014it\u2019s a long-term revenue strategy that strengthens city budgets while meeting demand. Strategic decisions like these are what position real estate assets for sustainable growth and help build stronger, more resilient neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/cayimby.org\/blog\/lower-fees-lead-to-more-homes-and-more-revenues\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent over two decades immersed in the California real estate landscape, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how policy tweaks can shape our communities. Here\u2019s a noteworthy example: even modest reductions in one-time impact fees across California cities could open the door to over 8,300 new homes in Los Angeles and San Diego. The initial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}