Industry Insurance Challenges Worsen

Dramatically rising insurance costs have hit owners, operators, and developers of rental housing hard in recent years. And in an environment of slower rent growth and rising interest rates, these costs have become increasingly tough for many rental housing providers to shoulder.

As a result, many firms are in the difficult position of choosing whether to eat the higher costs, knowing it means less reinvestment in other areas of their businesses or higher rents for residents, or find ways to scale back policies to mitigate the costs, raising their risk exposure.

Read More