A package of recommendations to cut into Napa’s acute shortage of affordable housing will include higher fees for the builders of homes, condominiums, commercial buildings and nearly all types of development.

In a report the City Council will review Tuesday night, development officials will call for a range of increased development fees to replenish a housing fund that currently can support only a few new low-cost homes per year. The largest hike would affect new single-family homes and condo projects, for which the current surcharge would jump from $2.55 to $4.75 for each square foot.

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