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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you. I will write to tell them that I support duplexes and small apartment buildings.[/quote]

I support duplexes and small apartment buildings, but I don’t support razing existing SFHs to build them. Upzoning would make the shortage of SFHs even worse. There’s already so much wasted space in the county- ugly half empty strip malls, etc. that would be perfect for a new development.  Start there.[/quote]
Agree. So many empty office buildings. Those are much better suited to convert into apartments.   They converted a hotel off 270 around Shady Grove into an apartment.  That makes more sense.

FWIW, I'm not opposed to duplexes or apts. I'm actually thinking of moving into a duplex when I retire.[/quote]

Who says it has to be one OR the other? It can be both. Owners of empty office buildings can build multi-unit housing. Owners of strip malls can build multi-unit housing. Owners of motels can build multi-unit housing. And owners of one-unit housing can build multi-unit housing.[/quote]
As a PP pointed out, there is already a dearth of available and affordable SFH. Start with multiuse buildings and convert them.[/quote]

Single-family-only zoning is not preserving available and affordable SFHs. All it's doing is encouraging McMansions.[/quote]

Maybe in your part of the county?  There are relatively fewer tear downs to build McMansions east county.  I suppose if you can afford to tear down and rebuild in Wheaton you probably would have gone somewhere else to begin with.  Renovating/additions are more common in my neighborhood.[/quote]

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