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Anonymous wrote:Eventually the county will be run entirely by clones of Kristen Mink.

I don’t agree and would not want that but would take that every day of the week because Mink and her clones are smarter than Friedson and his clones, who would just let us keep getting fleeced by developers.

Rent control isn't smart at all. It's a feel good law. But nothing about it is smart.

If you think an anti-gouging law that caps rent increases at nearly twice current inflation is the same as the rent control laws that were the subjects of earlier studies there’s not much I can do to help you. What MoCo has is a basic consumer protection, but then again it’s not the only basic consumer protection that landlords and YIMBYs have lost their minds about. If rent control punishes real estate speculation at the margins, then it will exert downward pressure on land prices.

Rent control also has absolutely nothing to do with why projects are or are not getting built in MoCo right now.

Please look at NYC to see the effects of rent control and rent regulation rules. The only thing that gets built is very expensive condos. There is no downward pressure on land prices, if anything. Vacancy rates for rentals are at an all-time low. Because the legislature capped the amount that can be recouped for renovating apartments at a lifetime of $30,000, rentals are not being brought up on the market once someone leaves. They are being warehoused.

https://www.multihousingnews.com/the-unintended-consequences-of-nys-new-rent-laws/
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/why-nyc-apartment-buildings-are-on-sale-now-for-50--off-76847.html

The only thing that got built here before rent control was really expensive rentals. After rent control, the only think that gets built here are really expensive rentals. Condos would be an improvement because they would create more ownership opportunities, but the developers most active here don’t want to go that direction.

Our vacant units don’t get warehoused like the ones in NYC. They get flipped into short-term rentals thanks to planning’s willingness to let landlords classify parts of their buildings as hotels, allowing them to skirt the county’s short-term rental limits.

If you looked into our rent control law, you’ll see there isn’t a limit on what can recouped after a renovation. You’ll also see that MoCo’s increase limit is much higher than NYC’s and only applies to old units. Renovated units are exempt from MoCo’s laws, so if a building is renovated, it becomes exempt just like new units are.

In short, NYC’s rent control law isn’t analogous to MoCo’s. You hear rent control and go on a rant but can’t be bothered to look into the details.

Anonymous wrote:Jawando and Glass will split the progressive vote

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Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

They have zero power over that. Pointless to complain to them

Property values means property taxes

Review state law for division of responsibility between county government and county BOEs.

Anonymous wrote:I’ll support anyone but Jawando for county executive

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Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

They have zero power over that. Pointless to complain to them

Property values means property taxes

Anonymous wrote:Frisson is in the developers’ pockets. He wants to rezone the entire county so his donors can tackle established residential neighborhoods and raze $1m homes (which these days mean 3br 1.5 bath, not fancy) to put up three 900K condos. And he calls that “attainable housing.” Make developers rich, destroy single family neighborhoods and make MoCo teachers and firefighters live in Howard County.

No thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

They have zero power over that. Pointless to complain to them

Property values means property taxes

Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

Anonymous wrote:I moved from Moco from DC in part to
Escape the dumb DC council’s overly progressive agenda. Who should I be voting for in Moco?

Anonymous wrote:Scott Goldberg is sort of... fine I guess? You wont get any new ideas, he's part of the Moco democratic machine forever. But he doesnt strike me as full on nutty.

Friedsen is the best of the bunch running for executive (which is not saying much). I have no idea what the person was referring to about his wife.

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Anonymous wrote:The Council is going to get an earful if MCPS continues on its path toward gerry-mandered school zones.

They have zero power over that. Pointless to complain to them