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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most ADU's will be single people or a newlywed type couple. Most zoning, at least in DC, limits the number of unrelated people who can live on the same property, so you may want to get clarification on this before you freak out.[/quote]

That is a joke!

If you actually lived in MoCO, you would know that there is a big issue of investors purchasing SFHs and renting them out to 4 different families, and getting paid in cash so there is no record of it.  We have these homes on our street.  So, where there was once a home with 4 or 5 people in it, there are now 14.  And 7 cars parked in the street that were not there before.  And 6 kids now attending the local school.

MoCO already has laws saying how many people can live in a SFH, but there is ZERO enforcement of those laws.  How can you prove how many people live in a home, when those people are undocumented??

This is going to lead to even worse problems of overcrowding for schools that are already over capacity and greets that are already overwhelmed.[/quote]

That's because there's a housing shortage. The solution to a housing shortage is: increasing the supply of housing. Which ADUs will do - not much, but some. Certainly more than nothing.

Also, there seems to be a general belief on DCUM that "undocumented" means "no documents of any sort whatsoever." But it doesn't. It means "no documents showing status of authorized presence in the country."[/quote]

You may see it as a housing shortage, but that's not true.  There is plenty of housing available in the form of apartments/condos/townhouses.  Drive around the county to see all the empty units.  Or, drive around looking at all the condos for sale in certain areas.

Also, maybe it means that the area can't sustain more people than are already here.  If there isn't enough housing, people will live elsewhere.  [/quote]

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