u/MocoMikeE

In light of CM (and CE candidate) Jawando once again deviating from his previously strong housing record and deriding “luxury housing” I ask that people read this. I also ask better of our leaders than to be Marc Elrich 2.0 when it comes to giving excuses to leave wealthy exclusionary areas alone and perpetuate the housing crisis.

https://ggwash.org/view/93183/what-i-talk-about-when-i-talk-about-luxury-housing

Ever since MoCo’s rent stabilization law was passed and it later became clear there has been a drop in housing permits, there have been people pushing to repeal or weaken the law. More recently, others have argued it needs to be strengthened. I don’t expect to put an end to this debate, but I mean what I say here, there are real impacts on permitting happening due to MoCo’s rent stabilization law, but I think they are largely caused by uncertainty, there are other factors also at play, and we are best served leaving the law as is and making other adjustments.

Anyway please consider giving it a read https://ggwash.org/view/103176/people-need-to-take-a-deep-breath-over-rent-control-in-montgomery-county