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Resident urges Spokane County to adopt 0.1% sales tax under RCW 82.14.530 to fund housing
Summary
At the May 27, 2025 Spokane County Board of County Commissioners meeting, Becky Dickerhoof urged the county to adopt the so-called "15 90" sales-and-use tax under RCW dot 82 dot 14 dot 5 30 to fund affordable and low-income housing, citing local ALICE and homelessness concerns.
Becky Dickerhoof of Spokane City urged the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners at its May 27, 2025 legislative meeting to adopt what she called a “15 90” sales-and-use tax under “RCW dot 82 dot 14 dot 5 30” to raise money for affordable and low-income housing.
Dickerhoof said that in 2023, using federal poverty measures, 10 percent of Washington households were financially insecure and that an additional 28 percent of households fell into the ALICE category — “asset limited, income constrained, employed” — meaning their incomes are above…
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