Washington HB 1797: Concerning encouraging affordable housing development and preservation by providing cities limited sales tax remittance for qualifying investments, providing cities and counties authority to use real estate excise taxes to support affordable housing, and providing cities and counties with councilmanic authority to impose the affordable housing sales tax.

Status: Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (as of 2018-01-16)

State: Washington · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: HB 1797

Subjects: PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS, HOMES AND HOUSING, TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS, CREDITS, DEDUCTIONS, DEFERRALS, ETC., TAXES - REAL ESTATE EXCISE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CITIES AND TOWNS, TAXES - USE, TAXES - SALES, LOW-INCOME PERSONS

Sponsors: McBride, Chapman, Doglio, Farrell, Fey, Frame, Gregerson, Jinkins, Kloba, Macri, Pollet, Robinson, Sells, Senn, Springer

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