By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in January 2023, ranked by page views. 1. Political Awards, 2022 2. Planning Board Applicants Revealed 3. Do…
housing
By Adam Pagnucco. Last November, I published real estate data provided by Silver Spring broker Liz Brent showing that declining inventories of homes for sale were resulting in soaring home…
Do We Want More Housing or Not?
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, former Council Member Hans Riemer published a guest column in Maryland Matters claiming that the county council had made “historic progress on housing.” There is no…
By Adam Pagnucco. Whether you like him or not, give credit to County Executive Marc Elrich for this: he says exactly what he thinks. Whereas other politicians speak in bland…
MoCo’s Tight Home Buying Market
By Adam Pagnucco. Soaring home prices and rising rents have been themes for Montgomery County’s housing market for several years. A big reason for both is increasingly tight supply of…
Why I Am Not Excited About Thrive
By Adam Pagnucco. Few issues have been more debated by county leaders and activists over the past three years than Thrive 2050, the long-term growth plan just passed by the…
MoCo’s Moratorium Madness
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County government is currently plagued by a $100 million operating budget shortfall and a shrinking capital budget. So what is the county doing to revitalize…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Marc Elrich, who recently equated potential gentrification near the Purple Line with “ethnic cleansing,” is taking flak for his remarks and is not backing down. …