An increase in build-to-rent homes in the West Valley and elsewhere could occur as a result of what one expert called an oversight in the state’s groundwater law.When land is subdivided into six or more lots, developers must get a 100-year assured water supply certificate from the Arizona Department of Water Resources if the city does not already have a 100-year assured water supply designation. That likely would apply to for-sale houses, since buyers typically purchase a lot that includes a house, and developers usually build more than six houses.But if houses are built on only one lot, like build-to-rent homes often are, they won’t need the certificate. The assured water supply program is tied to the definition of a subdivision, said Kathy Ferris, senior research fellow at the Kyl Center for Water Policy a …
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