Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When it comes to building a new home, labor, materials and land costs dominate. But there is a fourth expense item that has weighed heavily on builders and ...

Ottawa was the first city in Canada to declare a housing affordability and homelessness emergency, in 2020. Five years later, the crisis has only deepened: home ownership remains out of reach for many ...

Long Beach has lost out on about $22 million in potential revenue because it hasn’t adjusted its development impact fees to keep up with inflation and other rising costs, according to a recent audit — ...

BENTONVILLE -- The city agreed to institute fees for developers starting next month to finance expanding its wastewater system's capacity to accommodate growth. The City Council voted 7-1 Monday to ...