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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why does everybody think this is about illegals. Young professionals are looking for affordable housing and can't find it. Most rentals will be young single professionals that need a place to live.[/quote]

Young professionals do not want to live in Montgomery County let alone live in an ADU. They want to be closer to their jobs. They are flocking to DC and NOVA. With the exception of the 20 something humane society worker who is destined to own 10 cats in her later years, I don't see any young professionals seeking chomping at the but for an ADU rental in MD. [/quote]

As a 30-something DINK household, I moved from DC to a North Bethesda apartment. I wanted more space than I could afford to rent or buy anywhere in DC within a reasonable commute of my Bethesda-based job and my spouse’s DC-based job. Years later, a DINK professional couple we know is renting the same apartment we once enjoyed.

The zoning change isn’t just about ADU’s though. It’s about adding to the total number of housing units. If some people are living in the ADU’s, then it stands to reason that they are not occupying rental units in high rises that others may find desirable.

But if you’ve spent any time talking to people who rent, you’d find plenty of folks who’ve lived in English basements, apartments over garages, duplexes, and triplexes, and found them comfortable. When you’ve been in these small buildings on small plots of land, a “granny flat” doesn’t seem crazy at all.[/quote]

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