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…
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By Adam Pagnucco. On Tuesday, the county council is due to vote on a bill providing 20-year tax breaks to some office-to-residential conversion projects. The bill is part of the…
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Rent Control Applies to Fees Too
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By Adam Pagnucco. The application of Montgomery County’s 2023 rent control law to rent increases is well known. But in an announcement to the public, the county government made it…
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Jawando to Developers: Don’t Come Here
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, perhaps the principal figure in Montgomery County’s passage of rent control, took it to developers in yesterday’s Rent Stabilization Community Forum in Rockville. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. With MoCo’s rental housing industry under a nationwide financial boycott, County Executive Marc Elrich and a majority of the Montgomery County Council have signed on to a…
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Other People’s Money
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By Adam Pagnucco. Many years ago, I had a boss in the labor movement who talked about the abuse of “other people’s money.” As a young construction worker, he deplored…
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Top Stories: February 2025
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in February 2025, ranked by page views. 1. Federal Contractors Begin Mass Layoffs 2. Moore Tax Hike Targets…
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Yup, We’re Redlined
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By Adam Pagnucco. Every now and then, when I program a post for publishing, I know it’s going to throw a rock into the soup. Normally, the splash hits a…
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By Adam Pagnucco. According to a nationally known real estate writer, Montgomery County and the Maryland D.C. suburbs were just called out at a national conference of the biggest players…
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Early Signs Point to Rent Control Debacle
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By Adam Pagnucco. On December 23, the Wall Street Journal printed the first assessment of rent control in Montgomery County since the law was passed in July 2023. And the…
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