By Adam Pagnucco. I was a young man when I first heard political consultant James Carville utter one of the most famous lines in political history. Carville was a political…
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Are Rent Increases Out of Control?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Rent control supporters frequently allege astronomical rent hikes in making their case for tough legislation such as the Jawando-Mink-Elrich rent control bill. Statements in support of that…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The county council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) has released economic impact statements on the council’s two rent control bills and they conclude what the overwhelming majority…
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MoCo Loses Population Two Years in a Row
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By Adam Pagnucco. According to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Montgomery County has lost population two years in a row. That has not happened in a very…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In my recent series on rent control, I outlined Takoma Park’s terrible record of building housing under its tough rent control law. Specifically, the city has been…
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Guest column by Salim Furth. Relatively tight rent regulation has been in place in the City of Takoma Park since 1981, although the specifics of the law have changed several…
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Rent Control: A Regional Comparison
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By Adam Pagnucco. Rent control laws are far from uniform. They contain many provisions on their allowable increases, exemptions, new construction, hardship petitions by landlords and many other issues. Perhaps…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Unless your goal is to stop construction of new housing, rent control of the kind practiced in Takoma Park is not the answer to Montgomery County’s housing…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s imagine that you are saving for retirement. As you are exploring investment options, you come across a fund that caps its rate of return. You could…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Two sizeable jurisdictions in the Washington region have rent control. One of them is the District of Columbia, which has a rent control law with several exemptions. …