Case Studies | National Housing Crisis Task Force

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Seattle, WA, Seattle Housing Levy (most recently 2023)

Housing Ballot Measures

First authorized in 1986, the Seattle Housing Levy has been renewed six times by city voters, most recently in 2023 by a 69-31 margin.

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San Antonio, TX, Measure F (2022)

Housing Ballot Measures

In 2022, San Antonio voters passed Measure F, dedicating $150 million to affordable housing as part of a six-initiative package that totaled over $1.1 billion for a number of civic needs.

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Los Angeles, CA (Measure A in 2024, Measure HHH in 2016)

Housing Ballot Measures

In 2024, Los Angeles County voters approved Measure A, a half-cent sales tax measure that would raise an estimated $1.1 billion annually for homeless services and affordable housing, with no sunset date.

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Ingham County, MI (Lansing), 2024

Housing Ballot Measures

Demonstrating that housing ballot measures can also succeed in less populated and more rural jurisdictions, Ingham County, MI, which includes Lansing, passed a housing and homelessness millage in 2024 by a margin of 62-38, with proceeds going to the County’s Housing Trust Fund.

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Colorado, Prop 123, 2023

Housing Ballot Measures

Colorado’s Proposition 123, a $300 million statewide initiative which passed in 2022, created the state’s first dedicated funding stream for affordable housing.

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Denver Measure 2R, 2024

Housing Ballot Measures

Oftentimes as many lessons can be drawn from failed ballot measures as from ones that succeeded. Denver’s Measure 2R would have increased the city’s sales tax by 0.5%, generating an estimated $100 million a year in new annual revenue to support housing production through 2064.