“According to the community movement Strong Towns, the first of the five immutable laws of affordable housing is that ‘developers don’t pay the costs of construction: tenants and buyers do.'”

“What this means is that fees don’t just magically disappear, and it’s not developers who absorb them. They are always paid by a buyer or renter, and that includes those who need affordable housing. Unless a government subsidy is involved or the housing is incentivized or partially paid for by government, fees fall on the consumer.”