The Hailey as seen on Tacoma Avenue South in early 2022. The project, which started with a 12-year MFTE, reverted to an 8-year all-market rate version in 2019. Pete Caster [email protected] ...

A person walks down Tacoma Avenue past The Hailey Apartments in 2022, in Tacoma. The city’s MFTE program, which projects such as The Hailey use in development, is undergoing review. Pete Caster ...

It’s hard to love a government acronym like the MFTE (Multi-Family Tax Exemption), a program that costs you money, especially when opponents portray it as a huge tax break for wealthy developers paid ...

SEATTLE — The city of Seattle's Office of Housing (OH) is preparing legislation to extend the Multifamily Property Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program 6 through March 2026. The legislation will enable OH to ...

Marianne Weber is staring at a spreadsheet, adjusting costs and checking what else can be cut. She's running the numbers on an apartment complex in Bremerton, and unless she can get close to a 6% ...

Tacoma City Council has approved modifications to the multifamily property-tax exemption program for developers, including new rules on usage of the version that historically hasn't included an ...

A look at the downtown Olympia core -- and a number of its newer mixed-use developments -- from the west side. Steve Bloom [email protected] It’s hard to love a government acronym like the MFTE ...