KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Voters in Kalamazoo County will be asked to consider an Affordable Housing Millage on the November 3 General Election ballot.
The proposal is .75 mills for eight years, which would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $38 per year. That would help raise about $6.3 million dollars in the first year and about $50 million over the eight year life of the millage.
The money would be used to provide rental subsidies and permanent housing for those who need it and offer other related supportive services for residents in Kalamazoo County.
The proposal was originally approved for the election ballot in a 9-1 vote that took place in August, and County Commissioners have continued discussing it through October.
The specific ballot language of the proposal reads as follows:
“For the purposes of funding housing programs in Kalamazoo County, shall the constitutional limitation upon the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1) year upon all property within the County of Kalamazoo, Michigan, be increased in an amount up to but not to exceed 0.75 mills ($0.75 on each $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of eight (8) years (2021-2028 inclusive), to provide rental subsidies, permanent housing and related supportive services for residents of Kalamazoo County? if approved and levied in full, this millage would raise an estimated $6,375,000.00 in the first calendar year of its levy based on taxable value.”
The sample ballot can be found at michigan.gov/vote.
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