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. …
Economy
How Are We Spending Housing Money? Part One
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…
Is MoCo Building Enough Housing?
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…
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…
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…
By Adam Pagnucco. Two days ago, I wrote a post about the fact that building permit data published by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that Montgomery County permitted the lowest…
Stewart Takes Position on Rent Control
By Adam Pagnucco. As the county council’s Planning, Housing and Parks Committee takes up competing rent control bills, Council Member Kate Stewart (who represents Downcounty’s bowtie district) has put her…
By Adam Pagnucco. As Montgomery County leaders debate the merits of installing rent control, it’s important to look back in time. That’s because the county had rent control in the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined total employment over three time intervals and Part Two examined private sector employment. Now let’s look at establishments. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we examined new estimates of total employment by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Washington area jurisdictions in 2022. Now let’s look at…