Microsoft pledges $500M to create affordable housing around Seattle

At a time when technology companies are accused of creating housing shortages in cities across the country, Microsoft announced in the Seattle Times that he would pledge $ 500 million, the largest of all time, to create affordable housing around Seattle. The company is currently in the midst of an expansion of its multi-billion dollar Redmond, Washington, DC campus. Microsoft's promise comes six months after Seattle City Council failed to pass an "entry tax" that would require companies earning more than $ 200 million a year to pay $ 275 per employee. The money would have been used to solve

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