WSJ: Build-to-Rent Industry Stands to Gain from Recent Executive Order

The WSJ reports that President Trump’s recent Executive Order targeting institutional investors that buy single-family homes exempts the build-to-rent (BTR) investors. Rather than purchase existing housing stock, BTR investors finance development and construct single-family homes for use as rentals, which allays potential concerns about limiting supply channels. WSJ further reports that The White House has a limited ability to restrict institutional housing investors without an act of Congress.