New buyers increasingly have little choice but to live in these developer-controlled districts.
Original Air Date: November 7, 2025
Host: A fast-growing share of homeowners in the region are paying more assessments to their community development district than taxes to their county. That’s according to an investigative series by Suncoast Searchlight. These districts are often developer-controlled, and homeowners have little say. Even so, the Manatee County Commission just approved two more CDDs. Dania Hefley reports…