A question. I lived in Montgomery County off and on over a number of years. I just left in 2001. Considering the cost of housing, and how wages, even good DC/Fed govt wages are only so high, what is 'affordable housing' to you? From the prices I've seen, I wonder if you couldn't make $50-80,000 and still qualify for affordable housing in Montgomery County?
"what is 'affordable housing' to you? "
SUN said $200,000 for what would normally go for $400,000. At the same time the county has raised our county income taxes (to the maximum allowable limit) to pay for new roads and schools for all the new housing. Of course they can’t ask the developer to pay for these new requirements caused by them directly because that would make those houses less affordable. And people taking advantage of the program are less likely to pay income taxes. In fact most developments here are forced to put aside a few units for affordable housing.