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Affordable Housing Sales Tax
Bellingham's Affordable Housing Sales Tax Fund receives the dedicated 0.1% sales-and-use tax authorized under RCW 82.14.530 for affordable housing programs. This is distinct from the city's voter-approved Affordable ...
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About this fund
Bellingham's Affordable Housing Sales Tax Fund receives the dedicated 0.1% sales-and-use tax authorized under RCW 82.14.530 for affordable housing programs. This is distinct from the city's voter-approved Affordable Housing property-tax levy (which flows to a different fund). Revenue supports the Whatcom Housing Alliance, capital partnerships with nonprofit developers, and supportive services.
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RCW citation: RCW 82.14.530
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Discussed in meetings
Real Briefings that mention this fund.
The Bellingham City Council held its regular meeting on June 15, 2026, completing a moderately active agenda that included one public hearing, several actions emerging from executive session, adoption of the city's ...
The Bellingham City Council's Community and Economic Development Committee met on June 15, 2026 for a single-item informational session: a presentation on the newly launched Bellingham Home Share Program. The committee ...
The Bellingham City Council's Budget and Finance Committee convened on June 1, 2026, for a single informational item: the formal kickoff of the city's 2027 budget development process. Mayor Kim Lund presented a memo ...
The Bellingham City Council held its regular meeting on Monday, June 1, 2026, with Council President Hannah Stone excused and Council Member Hollie Huthman presiding as Council President Pro Tempore. The council took ...
The Bellingham City Planning Commission met on May 21, 2026, for a work session focused on residential zoning strategy. The meeting had no formal action items and no public hearing. The session was led by Commissioner ...
The Bellingham City Council's May 18, 2026 regular meeting was anchored by a substantive and emotionally resonant presentation from the Keep Washington Working Act (KWW) Advisory Work Group, a citizen body formed by the ...
The Whatcom County Council held a significant meeting on May 12, 2026, dominated by extensive public testimony and debate over the proposed Lummi Island ferry taxing district. The council passed the ferry district ...
The Bellingham City Council held a compact regular meeting on May 11, 2026, completing business in under an hour. The meeting's most consequential action was the adoption of Resolution #2026-10, creating a limited-term ...
The May 4, 2026 Ferndale City Council meeting featured a comprehensive presentation on property tax and multifamily tax exemption (MFTE) policy by Whatcom County Assessor Rebecca Czar, clarifying longstanding confusion ...
The Finance and Administrative Services Committee advanced all consent agenda items while pulling two for separate discussion, reviewed quarterly financial performance showing stability, and took up the contentious ...
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