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Another $100 have been added to certain real estate transactions by the state, while the county recently OK'd housing money for the same three nonprofits since 2019.
The city could measure the number of people on housing voucher waitlists, for instance, and work to house more people than the year before.
The commissioners first approved the tax in 2012, before any of the current board members were in office.
State law requires each county to conduct an annual homeless count, which Cowlitz County uses to see trends, rather than as an all-encompassing census.
A regional council is required as part of the state's settlements with companies, like Walgreens, sued for their roles in the opioid crisis.