Guest column by Peter Fosselman. As the County Council considers Bill 41-26—a proposal that would remove the owner‑occupancy requirement for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)— it is worth pausing to reflect…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Defying a cascade of warnings from the real estate industry and decades of evidence on its failures, the county council passed a permanent rent control law in…
New Data on Housing, Part Five
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained the methodology of this series, which looks at U.S. Census data on residential addresses to approximate housing units. Part Two looked at residential address…
New Data on Housing, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained the methodology of this series, which looks at U.S. Census data on residential addresses to approximate housing units. Part Two looked at residential address…
New Data on Housing, Part Three
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained the methodology of this series, which looks at U.S. Census data on residential addresses to approximate housing units. Part Two looked at residential address…
New Data on Housing, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained the methodology of this series, which looks at U.S. Census data on residential addresses to approximate housing units. Today we will begin looking at…
By Adam Pagnucco. Rockville City Council Member Adam Van Grack has long opposed MCPS’s decision to close Wootton High School. One of the arguments he has made, which has been…
New Data on Housing, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Here’s a quest that will never be resolved in my lifetime: the search for a perfect data series. It simply doesn’t exist. In the field of economics,…
Jawando’s Housing Mailer
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, who is running for county executive, has sent out a mailer on housing. The mailer is reprinted below.
By Adam Pagnucco. For many years, County Executive Marc Elrich has championed affordable housing, claiming that the private sector does not provide enough of it so the government must step…
