Metro president releases details for potential ballot measure to revamp, extend homeless services tax

Within the next month, the Metro Council will determine whether to put a revised version of the homeless services levy proposed by the regional administration on the May ballot.

Lynn Peterson, the president of the Metro Council, made her priorities for the proposed measure public on Friday. According to Peterson, she wants to cut the tax rate to 0.75% beginning in 2031, increase the income threshold at which the tax would take effect to account for inflation, strengthen control of county spending, and extend the tax until 2050.

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