What is the issue?
Housing affordability is about more than the price of a home—it is about whether families can afford to live, work, and build a future here. Montgomery County should grow thoughtfully while protecting the neighborhoods that make our communities special. Esther Wells believes homeowners should have confidence that the character of their communities will be respected and that responsible development should be focused where it makes sense—along established transit corridors, commercial centers, and areas with the infrastructure to support it. At the same time renters should have access to safe, quality housing they can afford. She also advocates for streamlining the permitting process and reducing unnecessary regulatory costs that make housing more expensive to build. By encouraging responsible construction, protecting homeowners, and creating a more predictable environment for housing investment, Esther will work to make Montgomery County more affordable for both current residents and the next generation.
What it means for you
- Streamline the permitting process
- Reverse the recent 4.7% property tax rate hike
- Reduce annual property assessment increases by 50% of cap, aligning the county with surrounding jurisdictions
- Protect Single-Family Zoning by opposing "by-right" high-density rezoning
- Reduce restrictive zoning rules & regulatory costs that hinder new home construction
- Block or weaken rent control laws to stimulate new construction & grow the assessable base for property tax revenue.
- Expand exemptions & make it significantly easier for Landlords to qualify for Fair Return Petitions.
Part of: Affordability
Because Montgomery County residents’ homes are too important to lose.