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COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRIEDSON &

THE COUNTY COUNCIL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING?

lAttainable Housing is complicated so we've broken it down into topics, which will be emailed weekly. The goal is to give you a better understanding of AHS, and the opportunity to engage your elected officials on the issues that matter most to you.

Does Montgomery County have a housing crisis?

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Where's the Data

The Montgomery County Planning and the County Council are working with housing data that is inaccurate and incomplete. The bottom line, no one knows how many houses have already been built. Permitting housing data is not available from 2000-2019 and there's concerns regarding data for 2019- 2023. Furthermore, In order to have accurate information on housing permits, the data from 2000-2019 will have to be entered manually, which could take anywhere for 12-18 months.

The Housing Pipeline

Montgomery County Planning and the County Council says that Montgomery County needs 31,000 more housing units by 2030. However, according to Planning's September 2024 data, there's 35,240 diverse housing already approved and waiting for developers to build them.

Sep2024Pipeline_RecordLevel.pdf (montgomeryplanning.org)

Housing Targets

The County Council passed a resolution in November of 2019, supporting COGs housing goals, which are: 75% of all new housing built should be built in Activity Centers or near transit, and 75% of all new housing should be affordable to low-moderate income residents. Furthermore, the County Council committed to finding solutions for barriers to create more affordable housing...what Planning delivered is Attainable, market-rate housing.

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COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRIEDSON &

THE COUNTY COUNCIL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING?

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Subject: The County Council wants to hear what you have to say on Attainable Housing?

Message:

You've led with the narrative that there's a housing shortage, and that we need to build 31,000 more housing units by 2030. However, Montgomery County Planning's own data from September 2024 shows that we have 35,240 approved housing units.<br><br>You've led with the narrative that Attainable Housing was just one of the tools in the toolbox, but you haven't shown any other tools that would create the 75% affordable housing, that should be built near transit. You haven't shown how building market-rate housing would create homeownership for the nurse making $85,000/yr or generational wealth. You haven't shown the tools that would prevent speculators from buying up homes or the tools that would prevent displacement.<br><br>The data on permitted housing has proven to be flawed, inaccurate and non-existent. Take the time, do the studies on the infrastructure, know how many houses have already been built. Recommit to finding how to build the affordable housing that’s needed. Do the hard work, do it right! Put the County's house in order before coming after ours!

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COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRIEDSON &

THE COUNTY COUNCIL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING?

Where's the Data

The Housing Pipeline

Housing Targets

COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRIEDSON &

THE COUNTY COUNCIL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING?

COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRIEDSON & THE COUNTY COUNCIL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING?

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