By Adam Pagnucco. Confronted with overwhelming evidence of a collapse in multifamily housing production after passage of the county’s new rent control law, Council Member Kristin Mink – one of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Andrew Friedson, who currently represents Council District 1, is a top contender to become the next county executive. He faces stiff competition from his colleagues…
Riemer Endorses Friedson for Executive
By Adam Pagnucco. Former Council Member Hans Riemer has endorsed Council Member Andrew Friedson for county executive. Other than Ike Leggett, endorsements from former elected officials usually don’t mean much. …
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the major themes of this site in recent times is that the county’s rent control law, passed in 2023, is preventing construction of multifamily housing. …
How to Stop Housing Construction
By Adam Pagnucco. Blunt as ever, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich recently told a meeting of the District 18 Breakfast Club that the county’s affordable housing program “kind of sucks.” According…
By Adam Pagnucco. Advocates for rent control often say that such policies reduce homelessness and evictions. That was a major claim made two years ago, when the Montgomery County Council…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of Montgomery County’s passage of a new rent control law, the county has seen its multifamily construction market disappear. Will it ever recover? On…
By Adam Pagnucco. Equity Residential, a publicly-traded multifamily housing owner, is ranked as the fifth-largest apartment owner in the United States by the National Multifamily Housing Council. Its huge portfolio…
Elrich Vetoes “Developer Relief Act”
By Adam Pagnucco. As he promised, County Executive Marc Elrich has vetoed Bill 2-25, which provides 20-year property tax breaks to many real estate projects converting office buildings to residential…
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich appeared on last week’s Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi and made news. Most of his conversation with Kojo and analyst Tom Sherwood addressed…