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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reimer is beholden to developers but at least he's smart and has a better grasp of the administrative stuff that may be boring but is what actually gets things done.

lol, Reimer smart.  Reimer panders to developers, and, actually, whatever group he is speaking to at the moment.  An accomplished liar who likes to point out Erlich's problems, but he has been on the Council for 12 years, he IS the problem!

Personally not a fan of any of the slimy, swarmy, white men running.[/quote]

I’ve never understood why so many people view developers as evil in the DMV- MoCo and DC in particular. Want housing? Then you need people to build/sell/rent it. With local laws leaning so heavily in favor of tenants, most private citizens aren’t going to be willing to take on that role. I know multiple people that let homes sit empty rather than rent it out, usually after bad eviction exerpeiences.[/quote]

Developers are not "evil". They are profit-focused which leads to poor planning and decision-making and does not address the affordability problem. Jawando, with Riemer's support, pushed forth a plan to let developers build mutlti-familly (duplexes, triplexes, townhouses and apartment buildings) "by-right" within a mile of metro (see ZTA 20-07). By right means skipping the current affordability/MPDU criteria in place. You can build townhouses in R-60 now, you just have to include affordability. Riemer's giveaway to developers also means opening up single-family neighborhoods close-in to metro, including some majority minority communities in Wheaton to high density development and gentrification. What you get is NOT affordable housing, but $900K luxury townhomes like the Towns on Grove development in South Silver Spring (DTSS) that pro-development activists like Dan Reed like to celebrate.  (sure, if you're a realtor like Reed, what's not to like about high sales prices to take your 3% cut?). What's really needed is a planning department that looks at existing opportunities within close-in communities, high vacancy office buildings and derelict motels or garages in DTSS that could add far more housing in one swoop than waiting for developers to flip SFH into triplexes through attrition.
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