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AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Bellingham)
Whatcom County · Affordable Housing
AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Bellingham) — Affordable Housing (district BHAH13)
Loans and grants for affordable-housing development, preservation, and supportive services; deployed through the Whatcom Housing Alliance and partner nonprofits.
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Voter-approved
AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Bellingham)
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Latest rate / $1,000
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Growth since 2018
About this levy
One of two Bellingham property-tax streams dedicated to affordable housing. This one is collected as its own taxing district (district code BHAH13) at /bin/zsh.1132 / $1,000 of assessed value, generating roughly $2.69M / year (2026). The companion stream is collected through the BELLINGHAM city category at $0.0576 / $1,000 (~$1.37M / year).
Combined, the two affordable-housing property-tax streams generate ~$4M/year. Both flow into the city Low Income Housing Fund (Fund 181) where they sit alongside the dedicated 0.1% affordable-housing sales tax (RCW 82.14.530, Fund 182).
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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 ...