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Residents ask Spokane County to adopt one‑tenth‑percent sales tax and join regional homelessness talks
Summary
Public commenters urged the Spokane County Board of Commissioners to enact the sales-and-use tax authorized by RCW 82.14.530 to fund housing and homelessness programs and asked county commissioners to attend a Jan. 29 regional homeless collaborative meeting.
Becky Dickerhoof, a Spokane resident, told the Spokane County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 14 that the board should enact the one‑tenth of one percent sales-and-use tax authorized by RCW 82.14.530 to fund housing and homelessness programs.
Dickerhoof said the measure is authorized by state law and urged the county to use the option to “combat the housing and homelessness crisis in Spokane.” She cited local housing indicators presented during her remarks: a 6% rental vacancy rate in 2023; more than 52% of households spending 30% or more of income on housing in…
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