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The Briefing Room: Smith Island Cake Effect

  • Post author:Shantelle Malcolm-Lym
  • Post published:July 28, 2026
  • Post category:County News / Housing and Community Development / Intergovernmental Relations

Housing costs rarely rise because of one single policy, fee, or requirement. More often, they build layer by layer until the numbers no longer work. Capturing a Maryland icon, a housing advocate started to tag the layer-upon-layer of process as the “Smith Island Cake Effect.”

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