By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we learned that the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) has been receiving much more money under County Executive Marc Elrich than it did during…
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Jawando Goes Negative
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, Montgomery County Council Member Will Jawando, who is running for retiring U.S. Senator Ben Cardin’s seat, ran a negative Facebook ad. This is the first negative…
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How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we explained how the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) is intended to be used to preserve and construct affordable housing. Today, we will look…
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Sayles Lays Out Support for Rent Control
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By Adam Pagnucco. In another sign of growing support for strict rent control legislation, Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles has come out in favor of a rent cap of 5 to…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, the county council’s Planning, Housing & Parks (PHP) Committee amended and voted in favor of one of two rent control bills introduced in the spring. …
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How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Affordable housing. Everyone says they want it. No one believes there is enough of it. All politicians say they will build more of it. It looms larger…
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By Adam Pagnucco. With both funding and scrutiny rising for MCPS, the State of Maryland has raised an issue that may have local ramifications: MCPS has misreported its enrollment to…
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Evan Glass: Cast Vote Data
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Evan Glass came in first in the council at-large primary and finished first or second in every local area in the county. He received more…
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Is MoCo Building Enough Housing?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the county government alleged that U.S. Census Bureau data on building permits was inaccurate. In our case, the county’s failure to report its data to…
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By Adam Pagnucco. With MCPS getting a large funding increase in this year’s budget and doubts surfacing regarding its huge fund balances, use of instructional salaries money and ability to…