LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Rents are so high in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C region that some leaders are looking at doing something about rent increases.
Between 2020 and 2025, rent has gone from $1,618 to $2,310, a nearly 43% increase, according to Loudoun County Chair Phyllis Randall.
“We have to do something because what’s happening now is price gouging, is rate gouging, and going up 42% in five years is unsustainable, and so we can’t keep doing the same thing expecting different results,” she said…