Local planning and zoning officials across the country are increasingly overwhelmed by the surge in build-to-rent community developments, as fear of the unknown, a lack of historical precedent and opposition to density drive a groundswell of NIMBYism against the product.
BTR, or large-scale communities of single-family homes built specifically as rentals, is a fairly new phenomenon proliferating across the Sun Belt. In 2021, BTR development hit an all-time high of 6,740 new homes completed, according to Yardi Matrix’s RentCafé research. Nearly 14,000 BTR homes set to… Read the full story here. | | |