By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Do you support retaining or repealing the county’s rent stabilization law? If you support retaining it, what if any changes would you make…
rent control
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Do you support retaining or repealing the county’s rent stabilization law? If you support retaining it, what if any changes would you make…
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…
By Adam Pagnucco. B.F. Saul’s 8001 Wisconsin Avenue project in Downtown Bethesda is everything the county government says it wants. It would replace a set of small commercial buildings and…
Guest column by Adam Van Grack, Rockville City Councilmember. Montgomery County became one of the nation’s most successful communities because previous leaders planned ahead. Our County’s past leaders (such as…
Mission Accomplished?
Guest column by Gaithersburg City Council Member and council at-large candidate Jim McNulty. In May of 2003, then-President George W. Bush famously (or infamously?) landed on the aircraft carrier USS…
A Culture of Denial
By Adam Pagnucco. I was a chief of staff at the county council from 2010 through 2014. Here is one thing I noticed about county government: there was a ton…
By Adam Pagnucco. As I have previously written, after Montgomery County’s rent control law took effect in 2024, multifamily residential permits collapsed. This was a nearly unique event in the…
Rent Control Dominates January Page Views
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in January 2026, ranked by page views. 1. MoCo Multifamily Permits Drop 96 Percent with Rent Control 2….
By Adam Pagnucco. A new survey by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has found that an overwhelming majority of apartment firm CEOs say they have cut back investment in…
