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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]good. the whole thing was just designed to make it harder to develop denser/more affordable housing. [/quote]

Is there a big need for that in CC?[/quote]

There's a big need for it everywhere.  Why should CC be exempt?[/quote]

Why is there a need for it “everywhere?”

Seems like there are plenty of areas to increase density where it would be less difficult and more welcome.  Why waste all of that time and money?  Is it just punitive?[/quote]

Because there is a housing shortage generally.

Where do you think it would be "less difficult" and "more welcome"?  Wheaton?  Silver Spring?

I think what you mean is, there are plenty of areas to increase density where local residents have less money and political clout than they do in CC.

Again:  Why should CC be exempt from developing denser/more affordable housing?[/quote]

Why do you think the new housing would be affordable?

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Where in PP's post does it say that?

And FYI, affordability is as much about policy as anything else.  Local government can dictate that a certain number of units be affordable, if they so choose.[/quote]

DC's baseline requirement for affordability (and their "inclusionary zoning" program is not really affordable) is about half what Montgomery County requires.  DC politicians and the developers who fund them prattle on about "affordable housing" when in reality DC is a regulatory powderpuff.  The DC government isn't serious about requiring the private sector to put a serious number of affordable housing in large market-rate developments.  But Bowser pretends to claim credit for more affordable housing and developers pretend that their projects deliver it, all to create a favorable narrative for more up-zoning and less regulation to build more and more upmarket 1-BR flats and condos.[/quote]

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