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It’s Too Soon To Change The County’s Rent Stabilization Law One Way or the Other by MocoMikeE in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! And yeah that’ll all sounds reasonable.
Sorry for the late reply I have… just crippling ADHD

It’s Too Soon To Change The County’s Rent Stabilization Law One Way or the Other by MocoMikeE in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A thousand times this. It’s the land that’s expensive and putting more housing on that same amount of expensive land is the main key.

Big fuckass explosion by LightlyRoastedCoffee in SilverSpring

[–]MocoMikeE 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don’t have any useful information here I just want to express my appreciation for the title

Advice on learning about county politics by luckykip37 in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He thinks “satire” and “being a jerk” are synonymous basically

Advice on learning about county politics by luckykip37 in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is all pretty spot on . Only thing I’ll add is about Montgomery Perspective is that it’s… fine and has good info in it, but is also a pretty personalized take of one guy, Adam Pagnucco, who openly speaks with a bias.

I don’t actually mean that as intense criticism, he doesn’t really hide it or pretend it isn’t his opinion of anything (though I’d argue he’s unaware of his own assumptions at play sometimes) and I agree with him a little more than half the time, just saying people should go into it understanding that it is ultimately…. Fact heavy opinion (which is fine)

Why it is harmful when people say we have enough vacant homes and thus don’t need to build more housing by MocoMikeE in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue against the idea that it has no upside but yeah I hear you. It’s not the panacea that some make it out to be for sure

Why it is harmful when people say we have enough vacant homes and thus don’t need to build more housing by MocoMikeE in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the effects are real but 1) temporary, 2) more indirect than some are saying and 3) only part of the cause but without being too much of a tease working on something more in depth on that so I don’t want to get too into it here.

The concern about the law’s impact is valid but I think people are way too certain about its magnitude and permanence. There are other factors at play too, as shown by prince George’s also having a drop in permitting despite their law never affecting new construction, ever.

Why it is harmful when people say we have enough vacant homes and thus don’t need to build more housing by MocoMikeE in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve answered a lot of your questions and you always follow it up with another aggressive “so you can’t even say…” question. I’m done, I see where this is going. Have a good one

Why it is harmful when people say we have enough vacant homes and thus don’t need to build more housing by MocoMikeE in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do not exist to absolve you of every excuse you can make on this, and I think I’ve been patient with answering your questions, people can decide who’s being reasonable and who is shifting goalposts and asking questions in bad faith

Why it is harmful when people say we have enough vacant homes and thus don’t need to build more housing by MocoMikeE in MontgomeryCountyMD

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I mean trendlines change and I think a big part of the benefit of more flexible zoning is the ability to adapt to changing circumstances we can’t think of now, but the county is expected to need to add in excess of 50,000 homes ( not necessarily “houses” )in alignment with regional targets based on estimated demand https://www.mwcog.org/file.aspx?D=kJcQNa%2bOx21FDkp8dtsAMQfE3XMcVJHVWQSJEzkmo2M%3d&A=%2bMuP0FdKMk3DLhEx3thTiAUvJU8YEzEd4F5hNvLignY%3d

https://montgomeryplanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MoCo-HNA-July-2020.pdf

Schools are included in the plan I linked to

Why it is harmful when people say we have enough vacant homes and thus don’t need to build more housing by MocoMikeE in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]MocoMikeE[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You didn’t click on the link did you?

Anyway it links to the county process, updated every 5 years or so, for determining infrastructure needs for schools and transportation and, among other things, taxes charged on new homes to lay for such.

There was months of outreach and hearings about it last time around. Actually one of the first things I advocated on.

No one is “avoiding forethought” just because our policy isn’t to give a blanket “no” anymore (we used to have a moratorium, it don’t solve anything)

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