https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/in-suburban-maryland-much-ado-about-adus/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 10 Aug 2019 23:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/in-suburban-maryland-much-ado-about-adus/comment-page-1/#comment-355596 Sat, 10 Aug 2019 23:38:38 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73489#comment-355596 […] As population and the job base in the Washington, D.C. area continue to expand, households face a crunch in the price of housing, made worse by the reluctance of local governments to permit residential construction near most of the major employment centers. A unanimous county council in Montgomery County, Md. has now made it slightly easier for homeowners to create in-law units or backyard cottages, but along the way had to face down noisy opposition. I tell the story in a new Cato post (cross-posted from Overlawyered) […]

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