Prince George’s County could ban new townhouses in most of the county for the next two years. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks described it as “a step backwards on how other jurisdictions across the nation are dealing with the issue of housing.”
Efforts to curtail where developers can build new town house construction in Prince George’s County, Maryland, drew rebuke from the county executive’s office and a veiled warning about potential lawsuits during a hearing on Tuesday.
At a Prince George’s County council meeting Tuesday, developers and commercial property owners complained about the passage of several development bills while some county residents cheered.
The Prince George’s County Council’s new progressive majority used its first formal voting session of the term to repeal a series of zoning provisions considered favorable to developers and commercial landowners.