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Council receives overview of governor’s Housing for Jobs Act; Planning Board seeks major amendments
Summary
County planners briefed the council on the governor’s Housing for Jobs Act, which would trigger altered approval standards where a jobs-to-housing ratio exceeds 1.5.
Montgomery County planning officials and the Planning Board briefed the council on the governor’s Housing for Jobs Act, a statewide proposal intended to identify regional housing shortages and accelerate approvals where jobs greatly outnumber housing units.
Lisa Gavone, representing the Planning Department, said the bill creates a mechanism to measure shortages by comparing housing stock to jobs: if a region averages more than 1.5 jobs…
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