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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The plan is to allow multi unit dwellings throughout most of MoCo, goodbye single family housing in the name of "attainable" housing.  This means in most area there is potential for duplexes, triplexes, quads, and near transit corridors small apartment type buildings.  This will really stretch resources, hello overcrowding at schools.  [/quote]

They are proposing 40-50 percent fee cuts and a number of new exemptions. It doesn’t look like a lot of money in a single year based on recent housing production (which has been minimal) but if you add it up over the four years the law will be in place and add debt service costs it means either massive cuts to other parts of the budget or big tax increases. Planning claims the multi unit dwellings will pay fees but the fees won’t be enough to pay for the new demands on schools or roads. This is all so developers can get a tax cut and have higher profits.

MCPS only has two dedicated revenue sources to add school capacity (the other is the recordation tax, which was recently increased) so you think they’d say something about getting their funding cut but neither the sitting school board members nor the challengers have said a word. [/quote]

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