As featured in “The New York Post”
Tristan Navera, The New York Post, 11 June, 2026
RREAF Holdings was recently featured in The New York Post discussing how varying regulatory requirements across municipalities can impact residential development, project timelines, and investment decisions.
Read more below for insight into the development challenges shaping housing growth across the Sun Belt.
As housing demand remains strong in many high-growth markets, developers continue to navigate an increasingly complex landscape of local regulations, entitlement processes, permitting requirements, and municipal approvals. While these requirements often serve important planning objectives, differences between jurisdictions can create additional hurdles for new development.
Jeff Holzmann, Chief Operating Officer of RREAF Holdings, shared how regulatory requirements can vary significantly from one market to another, even within the same region.
According to Holzmann, some municipalities require extensive traffic studies, while others place greater emphasis on zoning approvals, entitlement reviews, or architectural standards. These varying requirements can affect development timelines, project costs, and the overall certainty developers need when evaluating new opportunities.
“When outcomes are more certain and more likely, that lets me double down, hire people, and commit capital to projects,” Holzmann said.
The article highlights how predictability plays a critical role in residential development. Delays associated with approvals, legal challenges, and regulatory reviews can create additional complexity for projects at a time when many markets continue to experience strong population growth and housing demand.
Across the Sun Belt, RREAF continues to focus on markets where long-term fundamentals, economic growth, and responsible development policies support sustainable community expansion. The firm believes that collaboration between developers, municipalities, and community stakeholders remains essential to delivering new housing opportunities efficiently and responsibly.
As development activity continues across many of the nation’s fastest-growing markets, the conversation surrounding regulatory consistency and project certainty remains an important component of addressing future housing needs.
We appreciate and thank The New York Post, and Tristan Navera, for highlighting Jeff Holzmann and RREAF Holdings and for bringing attention to the regulatory challenges affecting housing affordability and residential development across the nation. To access the full article on The New York Post, please click here.
