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Update on Attainable Housing Strategies
This is an update from the PRA Committee on Attainable Housing Strategies. The County Council began its 2025 legislative session on January 14. As of January 20, no legislation had…
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Councilmember Mink looks to better ways to tackle the housing crisis.
Update from the PRA AHS Committee Councilmember Kristin Mink (D-5) has issued a statement in which she says that “I appreciate the Planning Board and Planning staff for their work…
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Duplexes and Triplexes Appear Less Likely in Parkwood and other single family home communities
Based on recent statements by two leading members of the County Council, it would appear that the proposed Attainable Housing Strategies [AHS] to permit duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes in communities…
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MCCF Resolution on Attainable Housing Strategies
As PRA President Kira Lueders reported previously on the listserv, the Montgomery County Civic Federation [MCCF], of which the PRA is a member, adopted a resolution urging the County Council…
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Public Comments on the Attainable Housing Strategies
On November 19 the County Council received a summary, prepared by Council staff, of residents’ comments on the Attainable Housing Strategies. The report included a total of 3,252 comments submitted…
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Summary of AHS Listening Sessions Postponed to November 19
The Council’s central staff has been preparing a summary of the six listening sessions and other comments received from county residents about the Attainable Housing Strategies [AHS] initiative. The staff…
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County Council’s next steps in considering Attainable Housing Strategies
At the Town of Kensington meeting on the Attainable Housing Strategies held on October 15, Councilmember Kate Stewart noted the following with regard to next steps for AHS legislation. [See…
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Town of Kensington meeting on Attainable Housing Strategies.
As previously reported in PRA News, the Town of Kensington held its own town hall meeting on October 15 on the Attainable Housing Strategies prepared by the Planning Board and…
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Deadline for submitting comments on AHS to Council
County Council staff are preparing a summary and analysis of community feedback on the Planning Board’s Attainable Housing Strategies recommendations. For your feedback to be considered as Council staff provides…
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Town of Kensington Meeting on Attainable Housing Strategies
Apologies for this late notice. We have just learned about this meeting regarding Attainable Housing Strategies. The Town of Kensington is hosting a meeting on the County’s Attainable Housing Strategies…
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