Rockville Councilmember Barry Jackson

Statement from Rockville Councilmember Barry Jackson: "This Council is pursuing multiple policies to help renters and home owners and to build additional housing. We are serious about housing and stabilizing rents while building more affordable housing. The difference is in how we get there. A majority has said we don’t want rent control due in part to its impact on the building of new housing. A minority disagrees but we had the debate over a year ago. I don’t see a need to revisit it and allocate more staff resources to a policy we are not interested in pursuing. I understand organizations advocating and speaking out. What I don’t understand is pretending this Mayor and Council are not doing anything – essentially claiming we do not care about Rockville’s residents. This is coming from elected officials and organizations who frankly should know better - but instead say rent control is their one and only issue. The lack of civility and reasoned discourse is becoming troublin...