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Advocacy


Published on Feb 28, 2020

Ask your senators to pass HB 1590 to give cities tools to address the housing crisis

Contact: Carl Schroeder, Shannon McClelland

HB 1590 would make the current voter-approved, sales-tax-based affordable housing levy a councilmanic option. The bill was introduced last session and is sponsored by Rep. Beth Doglio (D–Olympia).

Amendments in committee changed the bill to do the following:

  • Allows a county legislative authority to impose a sales and use tax for affordable housing by councilmanic action.
  • Allows a city legislative authority in a county that has not imposed the full tax rate by September 30, 2020 to impose the remainder of the tax either by ballot proposition or by councilmanic action.
  • Provides that King County may impose the full taxing authority under this bill only if it plans to spend at least 30% of the revenue attributable to taxable activities or events within any city with a population greater than 60,000.

Contact your senators and ask that they pass this important tool.

  • Affordable housing
  • Advocacy

 

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