Seattle voters embrace new tax to fund workforce housing
Efforts to create and preserve workforce housing would be funded by a new tax on companies with employees who earn more than $1 million.
Seattle voters support taxing high-paying firms for housing
Ballot measure opposed by City Hall and such companies as Microsoft leads to tax firms up to $52m a year to build thousands of affordable homes.
Seattle voters approve Proposition 1A, pledging millions for social housing
Seattle's Proposition 1A was approved by voters in the Feb. 11 special election. Prop. 1A, backed by the grassroots campaign House Our Neighbors, will tax 5% on the total amount of compensation for employees making more than $1 million per year.
Initial vote shows Seattleites favor new payroll tax to fund social housing
Seattle voters are showing strong support for a new tax on big businesses that would fund the city’s Social Housing Developer, according to initial results from Tuesday’s special election. Emerald City voters were tasked with deciding whether or not they favored the Social Housing Developer receiving funding and then having
Big budget option for Seattle social housing surges ahead in early vote count
Assuming there are no dramatic changes in the ballot count, money for social housing will start flowing in Seattle this spring. The housing itself could come online later this year.
Seattle voters back new payroll tax for social housing in early returns
Seattle voters again are showing strong support for social housing, this time backing a new payroll tax that will net a new public development authority (PDA) an estimated $52 million a year in perpetuity.
Milwaukee public housing authority lost $1.7 million in 2024, faces cash shortage. It's cutting costs
The authority is having "serious cash shortages," said CFO Brad Leak. It's asking vendors for patience and centralizing ...
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Building new housing on federally owned land could shrink the national shortage
"This is one area where there does appear to be convergence between Democrats and Republicans," said UChicago professor Mike ...
N.S. to build 242 new public housing units at cost of $136M
Nova Scotia's capital plan for the 2025-26 fiscal year nearly doubles the number of new public housing units planned in the ...
'Turmoil' in Asheville housing authority: HACA chair, vice chair ousted by city council
Asheville City Council took action to eliminate the positions of vice chair and chair of the Asheville housing authority ...
New public housing units to nearly double across Nova Scotia under province’s capital plan
Growth and Development Minister Colton LeBlanc says the $2.4-billion plan announced Thursday includes 242 new public housing ...