Higher real estate taxes for affordable housing
Plus some fishy drama at the policy cutoff, a voluntary per-mile road charge, and the Quote of the Week.
In Monday’s housing policy roundup, we noted that any deal on sweeping housing reform was likely contingent on finding a giant pile of money for affordable housing. Tuesday’s House Finance Committee meeting featured one potential source of that pile: Higher taxes on real estate transactions.
House Bill 1628 from Rep. Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, would raise …
