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Rockville staff to pursue MPDU code rewrite after inclusionary zoning study; council seeks more data
Summary
City staff presented research showing steep housing cost burdens and uneven MPDU production; council agreed to continue an inclusionary zoning program, requested deeper data from the upcoming housing needs assessment, and asked staff to consider targeted incentives, flexible in-lieu options, and ways to reach lower-income households.
Jane Lyons Raider, Housing Programs Manager, and graduate researcher Colin Maloney presented initial research and policy options for the city's Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) program (City Code chapter 13.5). Their presentation framed MPDUs as the primary local tool for producing affordable housing and summarized national evidence about trade-offs in inclusionary zoning (IZ) design.
Colin Maloney summarized the city's housing-gap analysis and MPDU production history. He said, "nearly half of renters and a quarter of all homeowners in the city of Rockville are cost burdened," meaning those households spend 30% or more of income on housing. Maloney reviewed key IZ design…
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