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Committee hears bill to let resort-tax communities use optional 1% for workforce and community housing
Summary
House Bill 162 would add "workforce and community housing projects" to the definition of eligible infrastructure for the optional 1% resort tax, allowing local voters in resort-tax areas to fund housing projects; proponents from Big Sky and other resort areas urged passage as a practical tool to address acute local housing shortages.
Representative Ken Walsh opened House Bill 162 by describing a limited but growing tool for Montana resort communities: the optional 1% local allocation on top of the 3% resort tax that voters may authorize for specified infrastructure. "House bill 162 adds workforce and community housing projects to the definition of infrastructure in the definitional section of the resort tax statutes," Walsh said, which would permit voters in resort-tax areas to approve the 1% for housing projects.
Multiple proponents, including Jackie Haines (director of economic and strategic development, Big Sky Resort Area District) and John Zirkle (Big Sky teacher and resort tax board director), described how tourism-driven demand has…
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