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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
I agree that the ADU policy is going to end up concentrating more illegal rentals in Wheaton, Silver Spring, Germantown and Gaithersburg. I'm not sure about Rockville though as developers seem to be going after tear downs and the sellers seem to be getting more appreciation for lower end houses. Rockville might escape it.

For Wheaton, Silver Spring, Gaithersburg and Germantown though the choice is either have homelessness or have lots of illegal ADUs. When there is no low income housing, there is no where else for low income people to go. They are already getting pushed out of DC and into MD. Without the illegal ADUs they will end up living in their cars or on the streets in those areas.

Maybe Rockville might escape it. But, I think there will be an increase in ADUs in some parts of Rockville. Especially those neighborhoods with SFHs near the Twinbrook and Rockvilke Metro.

This will further impact the schools and push out some middle class families.

Personally, I don’t see these ADUs as a good option to curb homelessness. I don’t think it’s homeless people who are moving into these ADUs. It’s usually recent arrivals to this country. At least, in my neighborhood.

Passing this ADU regulation will not lead to a decrease in homelessness in MoCo.[/quote]

The homeless guy that you see in the park who has been on the street for years and hasn't showered in just as long is not moving into an ADU. The homeless that you don't see who are living in motels or cars because they can't afford rent but are working will move into ADUs. The ADUs can prevent some people from falling into homelessness. The county sees and is forecasting more low income people coming into the area. There is a shortage of rentals for the very low income households. Either the county builds more very low income subsidized housing projects or it gambles on the ADUs absorbing more of the low income but working residents.

Like or not poor people are coming to MOCO. The county needs to find a way to manage it. [/quote]
Well, some percentage of these poor people are here illegally. Rather than turn Americans' middle-class neighborhoods into crap, what if MoCo just deports them? Or, in the interest of "equality," how about making the ADU's legal just in Chevy Chase, Potomac, and Bethesda? That way, we can equalize the distribution of illegal aliens.[/quote]

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