Affordable Housing Taxes Sweep the Ballots in Three US Cities

11/09/2023 12:12
Affordable Housing Taxes Sweep the Ballots in Three US Cities

Ballot measures are poised to pass in Seattle, Santa Fe and Boulder that would raise new taxes to fund housing and homelessness policies.

Amid escalating US housing costs, voters in three cities endorsed new taxes to fund affordable housing on Election Day.

In Seattle, Boulder and Santa Fe, ballot measures to raise revenue for housing measures appear poised to pass. The Seattle measure would triple a local real estate tax. Boulder’s would renew an existing sales tax. And Santa Fe’s so-called mansion tax would apply to homes sold for more than $1 million.

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