Town Will Discuss Moderately Priced Housing

The Kensington Town Council will consider adopting the county's policy on moderately priced housing at a meeting Monday.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in .

If the resolution is adopted, Kensington's municipal code would mirror Montgomery County's moderately priced dwelling unit law, which allows families with annual household incomes between $30,000 and $81,500 to rent reduced-price apartments around the county.

The measure is last of the three things the Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee asked the town to consider as the county reviews Kensington's proposed sector plan. The others were the plan's design guidelines and the "Village Center" concept, which .

Most recently, the PHED Committee in the plan, and the full County Council is expected to vote on it later this month.