Denver’s affordable housing sales tax has been defeated, Mayor Mike Johnston concedes
While it made up ground in later returns after Tuesday’s election, the measure was rejected on 51% of city ballots counted so far, according to the latest results released by the Denver
Denver Ballot Issue 2R: Voters reject sales tax for affordable housing
Proposed by Johnston and referred to voters by the Denver City Council, Ballot Issue 2R would have raised an estimated $100 million a year, the largest ever expansion of a local government affordable housing program in Colorado’s history. Concerns about the cost of living, however, cut both ways to defeat the measure at the ballot box.
Mayor Johnston concedes narrow loss of affordable housing ballot measure 2R
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston conceded Saturday that voters appear to have narrowly defeated a citywide ballot measure that would have advanced his affordable housing proposal.
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Mike Johnston: 2R will invest $100 million to keep Denver housing within reach
2R changes that by bringing in the resources we need at the scale that we need them. Through a 0.5% sales tax (groceries, gas and prescription medicine would be exempt), we can bring in $100 million every year that will go directly toward housing affordability.
Johnston concedes defeat of Denver affordable housing measure
DENVER — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has conceded that a ballot measure to raise the city's sales tax to pay for affordable housing will be defeated by voters. Johnston proposed Ballot Issue 2R in July, and Denver City Council approved the measure for the ballot shortly after.
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