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Montgomery County

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Fast Facts:

  • Montgomery was home to 1,058,474 people and had 406,686 housing units in 2023. Since 2010, Montgomery has added an average of 6,500 people and 2,300 housing units per year.
  • Thirty-five percent of households were renters and 52 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
  • Montgomery County exceeded the annual production target of 2,472 units, with 3,611 new units built in 2024. Cumulatively, Montgomery County has produced at least 15,304 units since 2019, exceeding its 6-year target of 14,832.
  • Montgomery County signed on to the 2030 COG housing targets, establishing a goal of 41,000 new housing units by 2030, 75% of which are to be in COG activity centers or near high-capacity transit.
Sources: Census Population and Housing Unit Estimates, Decennial Census, American Community Survey (2019-23), and the HIT survey of local jurisdictions.
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Policy Status

Solving the region's affordable housing crisis requires a portfolio of policies to preserve existing affordable housing, produce more housing, and protect people from discrimination and displacement.

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Right of First Refusal

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Preservation Inventory - Subsidized

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Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized

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Rental Assistance Demonstration

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Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners

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Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing

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Housing Outcomes

Local jurisdictions submitted data to enable the region to track housing production, preservation, and rental affordability.

Structural Racism

Discriminatory actions and racist public policies have produced inequitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the Washington region, including lower incomes and wealth, lower homeownership rates, and higher rates of housing cost burden.

Housing Context

Understanding how household incomes relate to the supply of affordable rental and homeownership units will inform jurisdictions' efforts to meet the current and future housing needs of residents.

Elected Officials

  1. Kristin Mink

    Kristin Mink

    Council Member - District 5

  2. Natali Fani-González

    Natali Fani-González

    Council Member - District 6

  3. Evan Glass

    Evan Glass

    At-Large Council Member

  4. Dawn Luedtke

    Dawn Luedtke

    Council Member - District 7

  5. Marilyn Balcombe

    Marilyn Balcombe

    Council Member - District 2

  6. Will Jawando

    Will Jawando

    Council Vice President - At-Large

  7. Kate Stewart

    Kate Stewart

    Council President - District 4

  8. Sidney Katz

    Sidney Katz

    Council Member - District 3

  9. Andrew Friedson

    Andrew Friedson

    Council Member - District 1

  10. Marc Elrich

    Marc Elrich

    County Executive

  11. Gabe Albornoz

    Gabe Albornoz

    At-Large Council Member

  12. Laurie-Anne Sayles

    Laurie-Anne Sayles

    At-Large Council Member

Equity Officer

  1. Tiffany Ward

    Tiffany Ward

    Director of the Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice

Housing Officials

  1. Scott Bruton

    Scott Bruton

    Director, Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs

  2. Chelsea J. Andrews

    Chelsea J. Andrews

    Executive Director, Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County