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Committee hears state legislative bill updates on housing and permitting; middle‑housing and tax proposals remain uncertain
Summary
Staff summarized several Washington state housing bills under consideration — including middle‑housing bills and proposals to extend local lodging taxes to short‑term rentals — and reported capital budget figures and uncertainty over which bills will advance.
Committee staff provided an update on state legislative activity affecting affordable and workforce housing, summarizing bills that members said were still active and others that appeared unlikely to move.
Staff identified a bill that would harmonize county REET (real estate excise tax) provisions and make permanent certain uses of county dollars for operations and affordable housing. The transcript referenced “House bill 2027” when discussing a proposed tax on very high‑value property and a “middle housing” package identified in the record as Senate bill 5471 and…
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