Kalamazoo County commissioners need to vet a proposed tax to support housing for the homeless before deciding whether to put it on the November ballot, board Chairwoman Deb Buchholtz said Tuesday."It's going to be more important to do this right than to do it quickly," Buchholtz said during Tuesday's Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting.
Last month, Kalamazoo County Public Housing Commission Chairman David Anderson asked the board to put a 0.33-mill tax request on the Nov. 8 ballot to fund more housing for the homeless. The Local Housing Assistance Fund gives subsidized housing vouchers, purchases permanent housing for the homeless and gives money when people face housing emergencies.
The board has until Aug. 30 — or three more regularly scheduled board meetings — to decide whether to put the issue before county voters.
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