Riverside Homes

We are lucky to have such a good park system here in Austin, but the city has to take a comprehensive look at how fees like this one combined with all the other regulatory barriers to housing impact affordability. Austin already has the highest development fees in the state by a wide margin, almost $50,000 per unit.

Why some worry living in Austin could become even more unaffordable To give city parks a boost, Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department wants to make it more expensive for developers to build homes, but some worry it’ll make living in the city even mor…