By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we learned that a consistent, longitudinal time series on affordable housing produced and preserved by the county’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) appears to not…
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How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s review what we have learned so far. Part One introduced the Housing Initiative Fund (HIF), which is the county government’s primary vehicle for funding the preservation…
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This Mess Must be Fixed
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By Adam Pagnucco. Since 2006, I have written more than 4,000 posts about state and county politics and government. Few of them have had more consequences than County Government: Census…
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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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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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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. This series examines new estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for employment and related stats in 2022. Part One looked at total employment, Part…