$130M plan for affordable housing approved by Snohomish County Council

EVERETT — The Snohomish County Council unanimously authorized a plan Wednesday to spend just over $130 million on affordable housing and behavioral health services over the next five years.

The program lays out plans to build and purchase 550 more affordable homes in 2024. It would also add 150 units of new emergency “bridge and permanent supportive housing,” similar to the hotels in Edmonds and Everett purchased by the county last year.

The county will pay for this largely through a 0.1% countywide sales tax, authorized by the state Legislature in 2020. A smaller source of revenue comes from a tax credit, also authorized by the Legislature.

The council approved the tax 3-2, along party lines, with the three Democratic members voting in favor.

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