EP#78 Richard Ross & Mike Kingsella | The Bizarre Push To Kill Build-To-Rent

EP#78 Richard Ross & Mike Kingsella | The Bizarre Push To Kill Build-To-Rent

From The Rent Roll with Jay Parsons by Jay Parsons

April 2, 2026 · 1h 17m

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Jay Parsons discusses the impact of regressive legislation on build-to-rent housing with industry experts Richard Ross and Mike Kingsella.

Rental housing economist Jay Parsons dives into the bizarrely regressive legislation that would effectively block most build-to-rent single-family home construction. In fact, as Jay shares, the legislation is already having a devastating impact on the BTR pipeline, even prior to the legislation's passage, due to sudden uncertainty around the sector's regulatory viability. Already, investors and lending are pausing new BTR projects. And that pause may last a while due to uncertainty around the bill's future, as well as hastily written language that leaves critical rules open interpretation by regulators after passage. One of the nation's largest BTR developers, Quinn Residences, is seeing that immediate impact firsthand. Quinn CEO Richard Ross joins the podcast to share real-time intel on the legislation's impact to BTR, and why the bill's proponents misunderstand key details about the sector. Richard directly addresses the popular myth that BTR developers would be building for-sale homes if they weren't building rentals, and shares why that is wrong. Additionally, pro-housing advocate Mike Kingsella — one of the leading voices on housing policy in D.C. through his organization Up…

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