Snohomish adopts sales tax for mental health, affordable housing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

SNOHOMISH — The city of Snohomish appears to be the first local government in Snohomish County to use a new law to adopt a local sales tax dedicated to funding affordable housing and mental health care, according to city and county officials.

State House Bill 1590, which was signed into law in June 2020, allows city and county councils to impose the 0.1% local sales tax for affordable housing without a vote of the people.

The Snohomish City Council unanimously adopted the tax this month. Based on the city’s sales tax revenue from the first nine months of the year, it will generate an estimated $600,000 a year. The funds can be used for the construction, purchase and rehabilitation of affordable housing, as well as housing-related services like mental or behavioral health care.

Over the past year, about 730 people living in ZIP codes 98290, 98291 and 98296 requested housing and shelter assistance, according to data reported by 211 Washington.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/snohomish-adopts-sales-tax-for-mental-health-affordable-housing/

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. Fuck them

I could not survive if I had to pay taxes while living under the poverty line.
Fuck these assholes and thier stupid greed.

I hate this for profit and greed masquerading as debt. Tax system on people that can barely afford to live . I think somebody is grifting in snohomish .

Grifting the least able to afford it.
Fuck that city council with a porcupine.