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Multi-Unit Housing Tax Incentive Program
 
Washington State Department of Commerce Annual Report Form, Updated December 2011
 
 
The Multi-Unit Housing Tax Incentive Program (ESSHB 1910) approved by the Legislature and effective July 22, 2007 may help eligible cities address affordable housing. This program modifies affordable housing requirements for certain new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers. It lowers population threshold to 15,000 for cities planning under the Growth Management Act to be eligible to offer property tax exemptions for new, rehabilitated or converted multi-unit housing projects in targeted residential areas. The property tax exemption may be applied to new housing construction and to the increased value of a building due to rehabilitation. The exemption does not apply to the land or the non-housing improvements.
 
Eligible and participating cities must adopt standards and guidelines to use in considering applications for the tax incentive. Per RCW 84.14.100, all cities that offer this multi-unit housing tax incentive program must report required data annually to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) by December 31 every year beginning in December 2007.
 
The Commerce Annual Reporting Form is available at this link:  COMMERCE ANNUAL REPORT FORM.
 
The most recent report (2010) on the Multi-Unit Housing Tax Incentive Program compiled by Commerce is available at our website and at the following link:   Multi Unit Housing Tax Incentives Report, August 2010
 
More information about the Multi-Unit Housing Tax Incentive Program could be obtained from the
following link:   ESSHB 1910 Legislation.
 
 

What Works and Why - Affordable Housing Communications Campaigns: this publication includes descriptions of a number of successful communications efforts to address the eternal question of how to gain acceptance for affordable housing projects within a community.  Contact info is included for each example. 

 

Growth Management Affordable Housing Fact Sheet 

Housing Your Community - "A Housing Element Guide", 1993

Commerce Guidance Paper, Urban Densities - Central Puget Sound Edition, Sept. 2004

Commerce Housing Services Department

Commerce’s Affordable by Design Website- To further public awareness of well-designed, affordable and higher density housing being developed within Washington's urban growth areas under the Growth Management Act.

Affordable Housing Design Advisor - A tool, resource, idea bank and step-by step guide to Design in affordable housing.  The Affordable Housing Design Advisor brings together experience and ideas from successful affordable housing projects all over the country, and the people who developed, designed and build them.

Links at the Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC) - Web Sightings- Innovative and Affordable Housing

General Web Sites
  • Innovative Housing Institute - Non-profit corporation providing technical assistance and professional support to local governments, private developers, housing agencies and community organizations.
  • Innovative Housing, Inc. - Nonprofit developer of affordable housing based in Portland, Oregon; develops projects in Washington and Oregon.
Innovative Housing Programs and Examples from Washington Jurisdictions
MRSC pages related to innovative housing
Reports on Innovative Housing
 

 
 
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