Florida county's impact fees put new Live Local projects at risk

Florida county's impact fees put new Live Local projects at risk

Indianapolis-based apartment developer Milhaus started building an apartment project in Manatee County, Florida, under the state’s Live Local Act after securing its funding earlier this year. It may be one of the few to be built in the county, next to Sarasota, under the law, until lawsuits over a major increase in impact fees are resolved. Manatee has quickly emerged as a broader litmus test of how municipalities continue to hinder housing deve…